Medical Code of Ethics

"It is really a violation of my medical code of ethics."

But medical codes of ethics prohibit doctors and other health professionals from participating in executions.

Prosecutors called to the stand ethics experts and physicians who testified that Dr. Kevorkian's actions were outside the medical code of ethics.

What is the role of a biologist, if not to advance medical research without prejudicing those who are sick? What is the role of a doctor, if not to comfort those who are suffering and to soothe the anxieties of patients and their families, while respecting the medical code of ethics?