The black stork : eugenics and the death of "defective" babies in American medicine and motion pictures since 1915
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Pernick, Martin S.
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LC Subjects
Abnormalities, Human -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Black stork (Motion picture)
Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Eugenics in motion pictures.
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Infanticide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Abnormalities, Human -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Black stork (Motion picture)
Eugenics in motion pictures.
Eugenics.
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
History.
Infanticide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
United States. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Other Subjects
15.85 history of America.
Beeldvorming.
Behinderung
Black Stork
Black stork
Black stork (Motion picture)
Black stork (Motion picture)
Congenital Abnormalities -- mortality
Congenital Abnormalities -- therapy
Ethics, Medical -- history
Ethik
Eugenetica.
Eugenics -- history
Eugenics -- United States.
Eugenics in motion pictures.
Eugenik
Eugénisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Eugénisme au cinéma.
Euthanasia -- history
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasie -- Aspect moral.
Euthanasie -- Nationalsozialismus
Euthanasie.
Haiselden, Harry
History, 20th Century
Infanticide -- Aspect moral.
Infanticide -- history
Infanticide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Kontroverse
Massenmedien
Medizin
Motion Pictures -- history
Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Neugeborenes
Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Nouveau-nés -- Maladies -- Traitement -- Aspect moral.
United States
USA
USA.
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xv, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and indexes.
Description
In the late 1910s Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, a prominent Chicago surgeon, electrified the nation by allowing the deaths of at least six infants he diagnosed as "defectives." Seeking to publicize his efforts to eliminate the "unfit," he displayed the dying infants to journalists, wrote about them for the Hearst newspapers, and starred in a feature film about his crusade. Prominent Americans from Clarence Darrow to Helen Keller rallied to his support.
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The Black Stork tells this startling story, based on newly-rediscovered sources and long-lost motion pictures, in order to illuminate many broader controversies. The book shows how efforts to improve human heredity (eugenics) became linked with mercy-killing (euthanasia) and with race, class, gender, and ethnic hatreds. It documents how mass culture changed the meaning of medical concepts like "heredity" and "disease," and how medical controversies helped shape the commercial mass media. It demonstrates how cultural values influence science, and how scientific claims of objectivity have shaped modern culture. While focused on the formative years of early 20th century America, The Black Stork traces these issues from antiquity to the rise of Nazism, and to the "Baby Doe," assisted suicide, and human genome initiative debates of today
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50,0.,Uk
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pernick, M. S. (1996). The black stork: eugenics and the death of "defective" babies in American medicine and motion pictures since 1915 . Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pernick, Martin S. 1996. The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "defective" Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915. New York: Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pernick, Martin S. The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "defective" Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915 New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Pernick, M. S. (1996). The black stork: eugenics and the death of "defective" babies in american medicine and motion pictures since 1915. New York: Oxford University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pernick, Martin S. The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "defective" Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915 Oxford University Press, 1996.

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