Niebla en agosto (2016) y la sombra del pasado (2018). Aktion T4: el plan de eutanasia nazi para la eliminación de las personas con discapacidad / Fog in August (2016) and Never look away (2018). Aktion T4: The nazi euthanasia plan for the elimination of persons with disabilities

El ascenso al poder del nacionalsocialismo en Alemania y sus consecuencias ha sido una fuente inagotable para la inspiración de producciones cinematográficas. Sin embargo, el programa Aktion T4 más conocido por plan de eutanasia nazi, no había sido tema principal de una película hasta fechas recientes. Niebla en agosto (2016) y La Sombra del pasado (2018) son dos cintas que abordan los métodos empleados para el control y eliminación de las personas con discapacidad o, mejor dicho, de aquellas personas que no cumplían los cánones de la raza aria y además eran una carga económica para el estado alemán. Las leyes de esterilización, primero, el programa de eliminación de bebés nacidos con alguna clase de discapacidad y, por último, el programa Aktion T4 que seleccionaba y ordenaba el asesinato de las personas ingresadas en instituciones son las tres fases de un calculado plan de exterminio. Psiquiatras, personal de enfermería y otros médicos y sanitarios fueron los diseñadores, colaboradores y ejecutores de ese crimen contra la humanidad que fue, sin duda, un ensayo para el posterior genocidio judío. Todavía hoy se reclama en Alemania verdad, justicia y reparación para las casi 300.000 personas víctimas de esos crímenes olvidados. (AU)

The rise to power of National Socialism in Germany and its consequences has been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for film productions. However, the Aktion T4 program, best known for a Nazi euthanasia plan, had not been the main subject of a movie until recently. Fog in august (2016) and Never look away (2018) are two films that address the methods used for the control and elimination of people with disabilities or, rather, of those who did not comply with the canons of the Aryan race and they were also an economic burden for the German state. The sterilization laws, first, the program for the elimination of babies born with some kind of disability and, finally, the Aktion T4 program that selected and ordered the murder of people admitted to institutions are the three phases of a calculated plan of extermination. Psychiatrists, nursing staff and other doctors and health workers were the designers, collaborators and executors of this crime against humanity that was, without a doubt, a trial for the subsequent Jewish genocide. Truth, justice and reparation for the almost 300,000 people of these forgotten crimes are still claimed in Germany today. (AU)

Examining the religiosity of nursing caregivers and their attitudes toward voluntary and involuntary euthanasia.

BACKGROUND: Nurses play an important role in taking care of people who have a terminal illness. AIMS: To examine nursing caregivers' religiosity as the mediator between voluntary and involuntary euthanasia, and to compare nursing caregiver religiosity groups and the voluntary and involuntary euthanasia attitudes of nurses and nursing students. METHODS: A cross sectional design was applied and 298 nursing caregivers voluntarily participated and completed the questionnaire. FINDINGS: Religiosity partially contributes as mediator between voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. All nursing caregiver religiosity groups show more support for voluntary euthanasia. Moreover, nursing students and nurses differ with respect to support for euthanasia in extreme situations, such as patients that are clinically brain-dead. CONCLUSION: Findings may be attributed to the clash of religious values, due to the common injunction against taking a life especially as regards involuntary euthanasia.