[Death by starvation in French psychiatric hospitals during the occupation]

Hist Sci Med. 2006 Jul-Sep;40(3):313-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The author reports the tragic event which happened in the psychiatric hospitals where several thousands patients died by starvation during the occupation. He treats with a judicial inquiry in the wake of the death of fifteen patients in the psychiatric hospital of Toulouse.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • France
  • History, 20th Century
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric / history*
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Starvation / history*
  • Starvation / mortality
  • World War II