Do No Harm?
- Episode aired Jul 14, 2006
- 27m
As capital punishment becomes more clinical, doctors and nurses are being given medical responsibilities as part of the execution team. NOW asks how this role can be reconciled with a physic... Read allAs capital punishment becomes more clinical, doctors and nurses are being given medical responsibilities as part of the execution team. NOW asks how this role can be reconciled with a physician's ethical duty to heal and the Hippocratic Oath, which states in part, "I will give no... Read allAs capital punishment becomes more clinical, doctors and nurses are being given medical responsibilities as part of the execution team. NOW asks how this role can be reconciled with a physician's ethical duty to heal and the Hippocratic Oath, which states in part, "I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked..." The American Medical Association is vehemently op... Read all