Lethal injection and physicians: State law vs medical ethics

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2779-2781

  Black, Lee ^a   Sade, Robert M ^b  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SELF CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349035065     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.23.2779     Document Type: Note

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