After reading the issues contained within “Professional Integrity, I am responding to issue 4.1., “Should Physicians Be Allowed to Participate in Executions”? The argument that I find most compelling is "No", When Law and Ethics Collide- Why Physicians Participate in Executions.
In my opinion, I do not think Physicians should be allowed to participate in executions because they are supposed to fundamentally heal and comfort the sick until their last days of life. Also, I think it’s very unethical for a Physician to be mandated to execute when there is a possibility of suffering. Unfortunately, we do have states today that legalized the death penalty and for that reason I also think that they should have someone else in the criminal justice
In my opinion, I do not think Physicians should be allowed to participate in executions because they are supposed to fundamentally heal and comfort the sick until their last days of life. Also, I think it’s very unethical for a Physician to be mandated to execute when there is a possibility of suffering. Unfortunately, we do have states today that legalized the death penalty and for that reason I also think that they should have someone else in the criminal justice