Lethal injection was introduced in the United States in 1977 explicitly to sanitize executions, as older methods including hanging, electrocution, and chemical gassing were declared inhumane[1]. This change in methodology led to the increased involvement of medical personnel in the process of execution. While the arts of taking and preserving life have been irrevocably intertwined […]
Legal Intrusion into Physicians and Lethal Injection 3: Conclusions
Having considered my last posts it is my contention that advocates of physician participation in lethal injection cannot have it both ways, if the physician is acting in an official capacity they carry professional ethics and rules with them. Consequently, arguments like those suggesting professional standards may not apply to lethal injection because there is […]
Why Bioethics Can’t Be its own Profession
The deeper I get into my medical education the more I feel as though a bioethicist cannot function professionally only on that title and education, rather it seems as though the integration of bioethics into a larger field such as medicine or law is a necessity. As an aspiring physician, I had contemplated the valuable […]
