Should physicians participate in capital punishment?

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1047-1048

  Caplan, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCUTION; HUMAN; IRAN; IRAQ; JAPAN; MORALITY; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PUNISHMENT; SOUTH KOREA; SUDAN;

EID: 34548396656     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.9.1047-a     Document Type: Editorial

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