"Capital Punishment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
| Descriptor ID |
D002203
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.160
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| Concept/Terms |
Capital Punishment- Capital Punishment
- Capital Punishments
- Punishment, Capital
- Punishments, Capital
- Death Penalty
- Death Penalties
- Penalties, Death
- Penalty, Death
Gas Chamber Execution- Gas Chamber Execution
- Chamber Execution, Gas
- Execution, Gas Chamber
- Executions, Gas Chamber
- Gas Chamber Executions
Lethal Injection- Lethal Injection
- Injection, Lethal
- Injections, Lethal
- Lethal Injections
Electrocution, Judicial- Electrocution, Judicial
- Electrocutions, Judicial
- Judicial Electrocution
- Judicial Electrocutions
Hanging, Judicial- Hanging, Judicial
- Hangings, Judicial
- Judicial Hanging
- Judicial Hangings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Capital Punishment" by people in Profiles.
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Parish LC. Freedom for the Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor. Clin Dermatol. 2008 Sep-Oct; 26(5):574.
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Koniaris LG, Goodman KW, Sugarman J, Ozomaro U, Sheldon J, Zimmers TA. Ethical implications of modifying lethal injection protocols. PLoS Med. 2008 Jun 10; 5(6):e126.
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Zimmers TA, Sheldon J, Lubarsky DA, López-Muñoz F, Waterman L, Weisman R, Koniaris LG. Lethal injection for execution: chemical asphyxiation? PLoS Med. 2007 Apr; 4(4):e156.
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Koniaris LG, Sheldon JP, Zimmers TA. Can lethal injection for execution really be "fixed"? Lancet. 2007 Feb 3; 369(9559):352-3.
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Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA, Sheldon JP. Inadequate anaesthesia in lethal injection for execution. Lancet. 2005 Apr 16-22; 365(9468):1412-4.