I just watched the documentary on Dr. Jack Kevorkian on HBO. If my blogs don't do it for you and you want a well structured idea of physicians assisted suicide i highly recommend You don't know Jack directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino. This movie pretty much explains everything i can't seem to get out of my head. Dr. Kevorkians reasoning for helping people end their suffering is completely in good faith.
Dr. Kevorkian wasn't some creep who just liked to talk people into ending their lives, he simply offered them an option that no other medical treatment or doctor would.
Looking into his Bio it seems Dr. Kevorkian always had interest in the not so typical interest of the common folk. Whether it was running into to taking pictures of patients as they were dying to capture the physical changes that occur , his interest in performing medical experiments on death row prisoners, or experiment with trying to transfuse patients in need of blood with that of a dead corpse, his name was always in the medical spot light. The movie is great and really gives a clear view of his side of his beliefs. From making a $30.00 suicide machine from scrap metals, to the interaction Al Pacino embodied with the patients , its a clear statement of why he did what he did.
He successfully provided his services to about 130 people that ranged from Quadriplegic to Alzheimer's patients. In the article written in the NY Times it is quoted that the Detroit times said " Jack Kevorkian, faults and all was a major force for good in this society. He forced us to pay attention to one of the biggest elephants in society's living room: the fact that today vast numbers of people who are alive would rather be dead; who have lives not worth living."
"Well, let's take what people think is a dignified death. Christ was that a dignified death? Do you think it's dignified to hang from wood with nails through your hands and feet bleeding, hang for three or four days slowly dying, with people jabbing spears into your side, and people jeering you? Do you think that's dignified? Not by a long shot. Had Christ died in my van with people around Him who loved Him, the way it was, it would be far more dignified. In my rusty van."
-Dr. Jack Kevorkian - July 29, 1996
Ever wonder how you’re going to spend your final days on earth? What if you had the opportunity to plan out your very own perfect passing? Now, what if you had absolutely no choice? One thing that I’m certain of is that the day when I get to use my E-ZPass and head toward the white light at the end of the tunnel, and I don’t mean the Midtown, I’d like to know I left this place with dignity.. What if we celebrated the choice to die surrounded by the people we love , heck why not throw a huge party and remember all the good times, pop open that bottle of champagne and toast to a great life and even better afterlife where the party never stops!
For the most part, we as humans have the opportunity to pick certain paths we want our lives to head towards. Lifelong partners, friends, family (the ones we can tolerate, of course), which pair of socks we want to wear in the morning, and what car we drive, are all things we have the natural born right to include in our daily life decisions. On the other hand, cancer, disease, and illness, whether acquired or born with, are not things we look forward to living with. Imagine if you were born or diagnosed with a terminal illness that promised nothing but agony and intractable pain every waking moment of your life. If the opportunity was presented, would you choose to leave this world on your own time or let it be taken from you without warning; it’d be so sudden that you may never get to say those final words to your loved ones or look into their eyes and smile one last time.
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide pose a threat to our modern-day society and the legalization of this practice has been a topic of debate for years. For some reason, people have an issue with the ultimate liberty and the right to die in a strategically planned setting. What if that terminal patient was promised certainty, . . . a promise that they wouldn’t have to suffer anymore, their loved ones wouldn’t see them in a state of constant emotional and physical distress, or possibly avoiding it all and choosing death sooner than later and never experiencing the deterioration of their life?
This blog wasn’t put together with the intention to offend any kind of higher power that could be believed to bring us into this world and take us out, but rather to surface the question: In the state of a grueling medical condition or birth disability, if given the right, would you choose when you wanted to die with the assistance of a trained medical professional?
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide pose a threat to our modern-day society and the legalization of this practice has been a topic of debate for years. For some reason, people have an issue with the ultimate liberty and the right to die in a strategically planned setting. What if that terminal patient was promised certainty, . . . a promise that they wouldn’t have to suffer anymore, their loved ones wouldn’t see them in a state of constant emotional and physical distress, or possibly avoiding it all and choosing death sooner than later and never experiencing the deterioration of their life?
This blog wasn’t put together with the intention to offend any kind of higher power that could be believed to bring us into this world and take us out, but rather to surface the question: In the state of a grueling medical condition or birth disability, if given the right, would you choose when you wanted to die with the assistance of a trained medical professional?
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