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Anesthesiologists face penalty for participating in death penalty

May 3, 2010by Vicky EckenrodeThe American Board of Anesthesiologists has decided to drop the certification of any member who participates in a prisoner?s death sentence, according to a recent Washington Post article.If enforced, it would mean anesthesiologists who help administer the lethal injection process could lose their ability to practice in most hospitals.The issue of whether doctors should be a part of the death penalty has been a controversial one for years though the threat to pull certification is the furthest any physician group has gone.North Carolina is one of the states that allow death by lethal injection. In the state, it now is the only way to administer the death penalty.No one has been put to death in the state, however, since 2006, according to the N...continue to full post

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