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Volume 358:2182-2183 May 15, 2008 Number 20
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Physicians and Execution

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by Curfman, G. D.
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To the Editor: In their editorial about physicians and executions, Curfman et al. (Jan. 24 issue)1 are correct that our profession has no place in the process of legal execution in this country. I would point out that growing public sentiment against executions has also been fueled by the introduction of DNA evidence into criminal trials and the subsequent realization that we are sometimes executing innocent people as well as the criminally guilty. Those of us in the medical profession have a long, inglorious history of contributing to the death of our fellow human beings through errors of omission and . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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