For example, The American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Code of Medical Ethics prohibits involvement of physicians in executions; permitting only certification of death after someone else has declared it.4 These professions believe that capital punishment is a violation of their professional ethics. Pharmacists are the only group of healthcare providers that do not have a particular set of rules guiding their involvement in executions. This is a problem because it leaves pharmacists unsure of their roles in regards to lethal injections. As pharmacists fight for provider status, rules need to be put in place to distinguish that it is not morally ethical for them to participate in …show more content…
It is dedicated to the relief of disease and suffering of their patients. Participating in executions is a violation to the current goals of the pharmacy profession. The Hippocratic oath stresses the belief of “service to others,” “relief of suffering” and “optimal outcomes” in patients, all of which are opposing to participation in executions. In order to uphold the honesty and integrity of the Hippocratic oath, it is unjust for pharmacists to take part in the involuntary taking of ones