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Comment
. 2023 Nov 18;402(10415):1814-1816.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02317-6. Epub 2023 Nov 8.

Why health-care learners and professionals should want to learn about medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust

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Why health-care learners and professionals should want to learn about medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust

Shani Levany et al. Lancet. .
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The Student Advisory Council was created by the Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust, and participated in some of the Commission's activities. SL, MAA, CBR, SGL, CJI, YJ, CJ, GL, DM, EN, MP, MS, and RV received financial support from the Commission to attend its in-person meetings and events. CJI, DM, and MP received financial support to attend the Commission's in-person meetings and events from Institut für Geschichte der Medizin Gießen, Oakland University School of Nursing, and Österreichische HochschülerInnenschaft Medizin Wien (ÖH Med Wien), respectively. SGL has applied for a patent for monitoring patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is International and National Course Coordinator on Bioethics and Human Rights, WMA Cooperating Centres, formerly part of UNESCO Haifa, and is a student representative of the Internal Quality Assurance cell of his university; an International Steering Member and Student Coordinator at Department of Education, Bioethics, WMA Cooperating Centers; the State Joint Secretary for the Indian Medical Association, Junior Doctors Network, Maharashtra, India; the Coordinator for Bioethics Student's Unit for all Indian and International Medical Associations; and a member of the Organizing Committee for ETHOS International Conference on Bioethics and has published a book, Human Values and Professional Ethics. YJ's research, studies, and living costs are supported by a grant from JST SPRING. GL received a grant from the Leventis Foundation for her PhD study and payment for academic work as well as financial support for travelling from Cyprus University of Technology, HTWG Konstanz, Deree-the American College of Greece, University College of Dublin (UCD), and University of Hannover. GL was the Chair of the External Ethics Advisory Board, ARETE EU funded project, UCD; Ethics Expert to the Ethics Advisory Board, Impact EdTech EU project, European Schoolnet, Brussels; and Ethics Expert, Ethics and Deontology Committee of University of Patras, School of Medicine. GL is Ethics Advisory Board member, augMENTOR EU funded project, Unisystems GR; Head of the Executive Committee of Cyprus Bioethics Unit, International Chair in Bioethics; board member of the E.LE.FI Hellenic Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine responsible for ethics and deontology concerns ethics contributor, team member of Trustworthy AI Lab under the supervision of Professor Roberto Zicari; ethics researcher, Hellenic Association of Political Scientists, Greece; ethics adviser, Frankfurt Big Data Lab/AI Ethics, Frankfurt University, Germany; Ethics Mentor, Postgraduate Bioethics Committee, Oxford University, UK; Ethics Research Associate, Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; and Ethics Research Associate, Cardiovascular Epidemiology & Genetics Research Lab, CUT. CR is a member of the Medical Society of Virginia; American Medical Association; HOPES Clinic Board of Directors; Dr Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation Medical Student Coalition; and RESOLVE advocacy. CR worked for Embody Inc as an intern before joining the Student Advisory Council of this Lancet Commission. RV was a member of UNESCO Chair in Bioethics Students' Association International in 2020–21. SL, CJ, and RV were employed by this Lancet Commission to perform logistic and administrative tasks. The funders had no role in preparation of this Comment. We thank the Co-Chairs of the Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust for the opportunity to be part of the unique work process of the Commission. Working with the Commission members was a valuable lesson and an exceptional learning opportunity for scholarly work, collaboration, dedication, and what it means to be completely devoted to a cause. We also acknowledge Abigail Leibowitz who was our fellow Student Advisory Council member who could not participate in the writing of this Comment.

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