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Ethical issues in the evaluation and treatment of death row inmates
Daryl Matthews1, Sheila Wendler
1Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. dmatthews@jhu.edu
Purpose Of Review:
To summarize recent ethical analyses of psychiatrists' participation in the evaluation and treatment of death row inmates.
Recent Findings:
Psychiatric participation in death penalty cases remains highly controversial in the United States, whereas there appears to be a more worldwide consensus that it is ethically inappropriate.
Summary:
Psychiatrists working in death penalty settings are functioning in a complex ethical arena, and must consider the implications of their decisions to participate and/or abstain from various activities with great care and attention to the circumstances of the individual cases at hand.
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