A Case of Assisted Suicides

Scott Erickson
Mr. Neuberger
Comp 2
September 14, 2011
A Case of Assisted Suicides
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was doing right by medical standards, in his mind. He had a woman with Alzheimer’s contact him to assist her in killing herself so she wouldn’t have to suffer in the coming years “I decided to accept her as the first candidate- a qualified , justifiable candidate if not “ideal”- and well aware of the vulnerability to criticism of picayune and overly emotional critics” (Kevorkian 436). Kevorkian was trying to bring the idea of human euthanasia to a reality. For Kevorkian he was trying to help people that no longer wanted to deal with the pains of life. For centuries we have been putting animals down because they were no longer useful in their position or were in too much pain to carry on. But just because we are humans we have to carry on in life even though we are either useless or a burden on society. Human euthanasia could help out many families that have to deal with their loved ones day to day that just have to suffer when they could just be put out of their misery.


Works Cited

Kevorkian, Dr. Jack. A Case for Assisted Suicide. Detroit 1990