Die 1968er und die Medizin

English summary: The 1968 student movement has hitherto almost always been considered as a whole, with the philosophical faculties at the fore. But how did the revolt take place in the medical faculty? What were the consequences of the protest of a new generation of medical practitioners for medicine? The historian Ralf Forsbach examines these questions among other things with a view to changes in the physician-patient relationship, a new approach to sexuality and the body and the...
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English summary: The 1968 student movement has hitherto almost always been considered as a whole, with the philosophical faculties at the fore. But how did the revolt take place in the medical faculty? What were the consequences of the protest of a new generation of medical practitioners for medicine? The historian Ralf Forsbach examines these questions among other things with a view to changes in the physician-patient relationship, a new approach to sexuality and the body and the consumption of hard drugs. The young medical critics rejected the affected behaviour of demi-gods in white coats; they sought to reform psychiatry. Their specific endeavours to make changes were accompanied by a new criticism of medicine during the Nazi regime and its protagonists, some of whom were still practising or in office. The author also takes a look at the excesses of the reform movement, such as the Socialist Patients' Collective and its associations with what later became the Red Army Faction. - The study leads us to the present day, analysing the consequences of fundamental changes such as the promotion of preventive medicine or the increasing media coverage of medical issues. german description: Die 68er-Studentenbewegung ist bislang fast immer in ihrer Gesamtheit betrachtet worden, im Vordergrund standen die Philosophischen Fakultaten. Wie aber verlief die Rebellion an der Medizinischen Fakultat? Welche Folgen hatte das Aufbegehren einer neuen Arztegeneration fur die Medizin? Diese Fragen untersucht der Historiker Ralf Forsbach, unter anderem mit Blick auf ein gewandeltes Arzt-Patienten-Verhaltnis, einen veranderten Umgang mit Sexualitat sowie auf den Konsum harter Drogen. Das Gehabe eines Halbgottes in Weiss lehnten die jungen Medizinkritiker ab; die Psychiatrie suchten sie zu reformieren. Die konkreten Bemuhungen um Veranderung gingen einher mit einer neuartigen Kritik an der Medizin in der NS-Zeit und deren Protagonisten, die teilweise noch immer in Amt und Wurden waren. Auch die Auswuchse der Reformbewegung werden in den Blick genommen, so das Sozialistische Patientenkollektiv mit seinen Verbindungen zur spateren RAF. - Die Studie fuhrt bis in die Gegenwart. Analysiert werden die Folgen grundlegender Veranderungen wie der Starkung vorbeugender Medizin oder der zunehmenden Medienprasenz medizinischer Themen.