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    More than likely it’s not being performed by anyone with any real medical training.

    I work in healthcare, I don’t know anyone in my field who would think executions are something they would be willing to apply their skills towards.

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        Yeah, but they’re typically only trained to take blood. You wouldn’t want one trying to insert an IV on ya or anything.

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            Yeah, prob better than nothing. But, I doubt many phlebotomists would be very excited about the prospect either, especially considering they don’t get paid very well to begin with. Something tells me the state isn’t paying a whole bunch of bonuses to people on the execution team.

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      Maybe this is an ignorant thing to say but it seems like it would fly in the face of the hippocratic oath. I imagine that’s hard for a lot of people to square with what is considered a pretty important promise.

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          Good point on doctors - as for legality I wasn’t really saying that, I was speaking just to people’s personal values, hence the like about squaring it away with a promise line. IME doctors take the oath somewhat seriously. Asking them to use their knowledge to kill is a tall order.