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There is an excellent book all medical professionals(as well any concerned citizen) as should to be required to read. In "The Nazi Doctors", Germany's history of it's medical profession being used as a tool to facilitate the "final solution" is laid out in horrifying detail for us to study.
This is what happens when the wrong people are allowed to gain power in an otherwise decent society. We as American citizens need to accept and recognize our complicity in these deeds, not just play the blame game with the morally spineless officials involved.