Pharmacists and execution

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2008 United States English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, volume 65, pages 2,204-2,205 (issn: 1079-2082, eissn: 1535-2900,

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Authors: Stewart, David;

doi: 10.2146/ajhp080249

pmid: 19020182

Pharmacists and execution

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Abstract

A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted a case challenging the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection on the basis of the 8th Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishments.”[1][1] Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a state Supreme

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East Tennessee State University
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Keywords

Capital Punishment, Professional Role, Prisoners, Injections, Intravenous, Humans, Ethics, Pharmacy, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Practice

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