Physician Participation in Executions in the United States

Breach of Trust:
Physician Participation in Executions in the United States

The American College of Physicians, Human Rights Watch, The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Physicians for Human Rights

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About the Organizations
Acknowledgements
Foreward


1. Introduction
   
   
2. Background
   
   • Execution Methods
     
   • Physician Involvement in Executions
     
   
   
3. Medical Responses to Physician Participation in Executions
   
   
4. Results of the Study: Physician Participation — in Law, Regulation and Practice
   
   • What Really Happens
     
   • When Physicians Refuse
     
   • The Role of State Medical Societies and Licensing Boards
     
   
   
5. Medical Ethics and Physician Involvement
   
   • The Varieties of Medical Involvement
     
   • Ethical Analysis
     
   
   
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
   
   
7. Appendix: Methods of Execution: by State