Friday, March 24, 2006
Physicians' role in executions; Muslims & alcohol hand-rubs
A couple of non-palliative care related articles on ethics that I have found interesting this week--they'd make nice, light weekend reading.
1) The NEJM has a fascinating piece about physicians and their role in executions in the US (free full-text is available). The author has interviewed several docs who have done this and writes about the docs' perspective. There's also a terse and very readable history of the death penalty and physician's role in it in the US. Highly recommended.
2) Lancet has a brief overview of alcohol-based hand-rubs, and some Muslims' concerns about using these. It's part of an entire issue dedicated to medicine in the Islamic world.
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March 24, 2006
Off-topic slightly as well....
Kelly and I brought our babies home yesterday (so I may not be contributing to pallimed as much over the next two weeks...) and negihbors came over and politely washed their hands before touching our babies.
Then they went to pet our dog, Spot, and sai, "Oh we should wash our hands again." Kelly and I looked at each other funny, and both started laughing, because the dog had already been in their face, rolling on the floor next to them and we had touched the dog then the twins, numerous times. We did not realy care too much. His fur is all around the house ayway..
Well..your alchohol based link made me think of that...
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