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Doctors Face Ethical Dilemma in Christa Pike Execution

Original: Doctors' dilemma to treat Christa Pike to face execution is a conflict with the Hippocratic oath

Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, is facing execution, and medical staff involved in the process are confronting a conflict with the Hippocratic oath, which binds doctors to do no harm. The case is drawing attention to the ethical dilemma for physicians asked to participate in state executions, reviving debate over medical involvement in capital punishment.

Why now: Her imminent execution spotlights the ethical conflict between medical ethics and state-sanctioned lethal injection.

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