Inadequate anaesthesia in lethal injection for execution

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9468, 2005, Pages 1412-1414

  Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a,d   Zimmers, Teresa A ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^a,b   Sheldon, Jonathan P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Law Office of Jonathan P Sheldon   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; DEATH; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144379348     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66377-5     Document Type: Article

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