Physicians and execution--highlights from a discussion of lethal injection

N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 31;358(5):448-51. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0800378. Epub 2008 Jan 23.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, Intravenous / administration & dosage*
  • Capital Punishment* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Capital Punishment* / methods
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Medical Errors
  • Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents / administration & dosage
  • Pancuronium / administration & dosage
  • Physician's Role*
  • Potassium Chloride / administration & dosage
  • Supreme Court Decisions
  • Thiopental / administration & dosage
  • United States

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Intravenous
  • Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Pancuronium
  • Thiopental