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perfection from a psychoanalytic view and will figure out some questions and assumptionsconcerning the gap between our wish for perfection and reluctance against the daily effort tobecome what we are.What Can Today’s Public and the Health Care Pr<strong>of</strong>ession Learn from MedicalPr<strong>of</strong>ession Practices which Preceded and Accompanied the Shoah, 1939-1945Harold J. Bursztajn, Harvard Medical School (harold_bursztajn@hms.harvard.edu)Julian de Freitas, Yale <strong>University</strong> (julzdefreitas@gmail.com)Omar Sultan Haque, Harvard Medical School (omarsultanhaque@gmail.com)What can today`s public and the health care pr<strong>of</strong>ession learn from medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession practiceswhich preceded and accompanied the Shoah, 1939-1945? This presentation will present lessonslearned about ethical violations, as well as lessons learned from physicians who were prisonersand the ways in which they found hope, meaning and resilience in the face <strong>of</strong> brutal oppressionand murder.From Monsters to ManagersTerry R. Bard, Harvard Medical School (terry_bard@hms.harvard.edu)Even though many examples exist <strong>of</strong> how populations make decisions to destroy others,questions still remain unaddressed and unanswered about why people who seem to be sound,kind, and generous can commit such atrocities. Even with a burgeoning scientific understandingabout human brain functions, many aspects <strong>of</strong> the human mind remain enigmatic. Individualsmay act idiosyncratically and <strong>of</strong>ten pose legal and medical issues relating to mind and action,<strong>of</strong>ten comprising the focus for forensic psychiatrists and psychologists. Populations that makesuch decisions have been studied less. This presentation will focus on psycho/social components<strong>of</strong> populations other than prejudice, envy, and hatred that may contribute to their capacities totaunt, beat, terrorize, and murder others. Social practices, laws, and understandings <strong>of</strong> mentalhealth will be identified and analyzed in an effort to create societies that mitigate the potential forpopulations to commit wanton human destruction.Why Did So Many German Doctors Join the Nazi Party Early?Harold Bursztajn, Harvard Medical School (harold_bursztajn@hms.harvard.edu)Julian de Freitas, Yale <strong>University</strong> (julzdefreitas@gmail.com)422

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