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RETHINKING the Ethics of Physician Participation in Lethal Injection EXECUTION
Author(s) -
NELSON LAWRENCE,
ASHBY BRANDON
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.2011.0062
Subject(s) - medical ethics , psychology , psychiatry
Though there are good arguments against physician participation in executions, physicians should be allowed to make their own decisions about whether they will participate, and professional medical organizations should not flatly destroy the careers of those who do.