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The ethics of medical involvement in capital punishment : a philosophical discussion /

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The author here examines the important issue of the consistency of medical involvement in ending lives in medicine, law and war, using philosophical theory to show why medical doctors may be involved at different stages of the capital punishment process.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaie, Joseph B. R.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 2004.
Series:International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 18.
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Medicine.
Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The author here examines the important issue of the consistency of medical involvement in ending lives in medicine, law and war, using philosophical theory to show why medical doctors may be involved at different stages of the capital punishment process.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 158 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index.
ISBN:1402025394
9781402025396