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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To summarize recent ethical analyses of psychiatrists' participation in the evaluation and treatment of death row inmates. RECENT FINDINGS: Psychiatric participation in death penalty cases remains highly controversial in the United States, whereas there appears to be a more worldwide consensus that it is ethically inappropriate. SUMMARY: Psychiatrists working in death penalty settings are functioning in a complex ethical arena, and must consider the implications of their decisions to participate and/or abstain from various activities with great care and attention to the circumstances of the individual cases at hand.
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