The average lethal injection is usually composed of three different kinds of substance. In the Forbes article written by David Kroll that the three drugs include "1. sedating drug, 2. a neuromuscular blocking drug, and 3. a lethal dose of potassium chloride. "(1) These drugs are the basic for each lethal injection. The Human Rights Committee states that if lethal injection is needed that it must be "in such a way as to cause the least possible physical and mental suffering." (3) Over 3 percent of executions have been botched since 1890 but the amount of lethal injection being botched is twice the percentage amount with less then have the total executions being done. Over 7% have been botched since 1890 . (4) Doctors know that the public would lose trust in them if they participate that is why they are not required to identify themselves to the public and even after being ousted by the media most doctors will deny it and push themselves away from the issue. (7) There are four basic principles of medical ethics. Those are autonomy of the patient, beneficence or doing what is best for patient, non- maleficence or the idea of not harming , and justice which is the idea of fairness. (5) By knowing those you know the basic of medical ethics. The Hippocratic Oath is a promise or something that each doctor swears to follow and is the very basic rules of practice for all doctors. In the pages that follow I will be using a more modern one. This one was published in 1964 by Louis Lasagna. I chose to do this because I believe it is fitted more towards our time. By knowing all this information you, the reader, will better understand where both sides of the argument come from and be able to better understand each point that
The average lethal injection is usually composed of three different kinds of substance. In the Forbes article written by David Kroll that the three drugs include "1. sedating drug, 2. a neuromuscular blocking drug, and 3. a lethal dose of potassium chloride. "(1) These drugs are the basic for each lethal injection. The Human Rights Committee states that if lethal injection is needed that it must be "in such a way as to cause the least possible physical and mental suffering." (3) Over 3 percent of executions have been botched since 1890 but the amount of lethal injection being botched is twice the percentage amount with less then have the total executions being done. Over 7% have been botched since 1890 . (4) Doctors know that the public would lose trust in them if they participate that is why they are not required to identify themselves to the public and even after being ousted by the media most doctors will deny it and push themselves away from the issue. (7) There are four basic principles of medical ethics. Those are autonomy of the patient, beneficence or doing what is best for patient, non- maleficence or the idea of not harming , and justice which is the idea of fairness. (5) By knowing those you know the basic of medical ethics. The Hippocratic Oath is a promise or something that each doctor swears to follow and is the very basic rules of practice for all doctors. In the pages that follow I will be using a more modern one. This one was published in 1964 by Louis Lasagna. I chose to do this because I believe it is fitted more towards our time. By knowing all this information you, the reader, will better understand where both sides of the argument come from and be able to better understand each point that