Execution by Lethal Injection
Illegal Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20334157 |
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| Authors | Sean Philpott (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 11-12 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/hast.279 |
| PMID | 24634039 |
| OpenAlex | W2023857181 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Several states systematically collect data to assess whether the anesthesia administered was sufficient—the same data used by researchers to show that the concentration of sodium thiopental in the blood of executed prisoners was not enough to ensure loss of consciousness and that these inadequate levels of anesthesia were not the result of pharmacokinetic changes after death. This activity could constitute human subjects research under existing law
Anesthesia · Business · Consciousness · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Highly cited | No |
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