Dr Kevorkian Research Paper
DR. KEVORKIAN; MERCY KILLINGS
The roller coaster of life can be complicated at times, and we all experience a piece of time where it seems that nothing could get worse; your family is fighting with you constantly, someone stole your promotion at work, and to top it all off, your mother is suffering with a terminal illness and struggling to stay alive. The hospital bills keep adding up and every failed solution is costing thousands, and your mother is still suffering. The thought scrolls across your mind, “I wish I could end this.” Legalizing euthanasia or mercy killings could end that suffering that you, yourself, have been struggling to witness daily. Physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill patients. …show more content…
The most notable incident of people practicing euthanasia would go back to when Hitler ordered children and adults alike suffering from mental retardation, physical deformities, or from incurable diseases be ordered dead, or as Hitler’s decree states “be accorded a mercy death.” (Written directly from Hitler’s diary dated 1 September 1939). Most recently the well-known case of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the United States was actually sentenced to prison for 10 to 25 years for murder and the distribution of a controlled substance. He was a pathologist that assisted in taking 130 lives even though all 130 patients requested Dr. Kevorkian’s assistance. Bringing to his belief that doctors are able to protect and preserve life but also have the right to take life away with the request of the patient that is mentally capable of making such a
The roller coaster of life can be complicated at times, and we all experience a piece of time where it seems that nothing could get worse; your family is fighting with you constantly, someone stole your promotion at work, and to top it all off, your mother is suffering with a terminal illness and struggling to stay alive. The hospital bills keep adding up and every failed solution is costing thousands, and your mother is still suffering. The thought scrolls across your mind, “I wish I could end this.” Legalizing euthanasia or mercy killings could end that suffering that you, yourself, have been struggling to witness daily. Physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill patients. …show more content…
The most notable incident of people practicing euthanasia would go back to when Hitler ordered children and adults alike suffering from mental retardation, physical deformities, or from incurable diseases be ordered dead, or as Hitler’s decree states “be accorded a mercy death.” (Written directly from Hitler’s diary dated 1 September 1939). Most recently the well-known case of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the United States was actually sentenced to prison for 10 to 25 years for murder and the distribution of a controlled substance. He was a pathologist that assisted in taking 130 lives even though all 130 patients requested Dr. Kevorkian’s assistance. Bringing to his belief that doctors are able to protect and preserve life but also have the right to take life away with the request of the patient that is mentally capable of making such a