Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Role In Euthanasia

Someone who has been very involved in euthanasia cases is Dr. Jack Kevorkian, also known as Doctor Death, was a physician in the United States. He assisted in over 130 assisted deaths for terminally ill patients. Kevorkian was born on May 26th, 1928, and passed away on June 3rd, 2011. Kevorkian came from a family of immigrants, and lived through the Great Depression. Once Kevorkian was doing his residency, he became intrigued with death. He studied it, and visited many people who were close to their passing. In 1990, Kevorkian assisted in the death of Jane Adkins by lethal injection. Although the court suspended Kevorkian’s medical license, it did not stop him from assisting in many other deaths. One of the most famous of them all, is the death
of Thomas Youk. Jack Kevorkian assisted in the death of this man, video taped it, and aired it on the television program 60 Minutes.