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Volume 355:99-100 July 6, 2006 Number 1
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Why Physicians Participate in Executions

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by Gawande, A.
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To the Editor: In his discussion of why some physicians participate in executions (March 23 issue),1 Gawande makes contradictory and thus unpersuasive statements. Although he believes that "some human beings . . . do such evil as to deserve to die," he still would like "a legal ban on the participation of physicians . . . in executions." His reason, that "the medical assistance provided primarily serves the government's purposes," overlooks the reality that in the United States, "the government" is us and prisoners are executed by "we the people." I do not personally favor, nor do I participate in, . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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