Lethal injection: A stain on the face of medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7371, 2002, Pages 1026-1028

  Groner, Jonathan I ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUTHANASIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJECTION; JUSTICE; LETHALITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; TUBE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0037010333     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1026     Document Type: Short Survey

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