Inadequate anaesthesia in lethal injection for execution [1] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9491, 2005, Pages 1073-1076

  Groner, Jonathan I ^a   Heath, Mark J S ^b   Stanski, Donald R ^c   Pounder, Derrick J ^d   Weisman, Robyn S ^e   Bernstein, Jeffrey N ^f   Weisman, Richard S ^e   Zimmers, Teresa A ^g   Lubarsky, David A ^g   Sheldon, Jonathan P ^h   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^g  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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

^f Florida Poison Information Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEATH; DIFFUSION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INJECTION; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; CADAVER; CONSCIOUSNESS; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; NOTE; PUNISHMENT;

INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 25144482940     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67410-7     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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