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Regarding illegal execution drugs, John Oliver did a segment on lethal injections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTczPEG8iI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
by jameskilton 7y ago
Regarding illegal execution drugs, John Oliver did a segment on lethal injections:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTczPEG8iI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTczPEG8iI
tl;dw: No physician worth his/her salt will go anywhere near prescribing drugs for lethal injection (Hippocratic Oath and what not) so states and prisons use non-medical-trained personnel to choose, source, and administer the drugs.
- FireBeyond 7y agoIt's a bit more nuanced than that. For one, look at Oregon, and many other countries where euthanasia/assisted suicide is legal, and (I believe) has a legitimate and worthwhile place. As far as Oaths go, many physicians do not swear that any more, or do a modified / modern version (apropos of anything else, the Oath forbids "cutting the flesh", which would be problematic for surgeons).
- pmiller2 7y agoThat is true, but “first, do no harm” is still a part of many versions of the oath taken by physicians. In any case, it is still one of the, at times conflicting, principles at the core of medical ethics.