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Dr. Jack Kevorkian..........dies

So now who's going to take up the cause of dignified death that Jack just laid down?
 
I didn't agree with his philosophy. But, I did respect the man's dedication to what he believed in. May he rest in peace.
 
Actually I heard he didnt die...He's just visiting his patients............
 
^ What Ann said. Some people are in hopeless, painful situations physically. It took great courage for him to help them escape that in a religious society that would have him jailed for it.
I may not agree either but those were fully informed choices and a true mercy.

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I don't know..I always had a feeling that he enjoyed his "work" a little too much, but that could be from the "Dr. Death" name hung on him by the media and the way they portrayed him at times.
 
I believe that people who have terminal illnesses or horrible pain should have every right to end their lives. Dr. Kevorkian helped make the final decision easy and painless for many people. May he rest in peace.
 
One thing you should know is, for a lot of patients, it's not a choice between living and dying, but rather, a choice between quick death and slow death. When my mother was in her final days, with her eating ability impaired and needing a tube down her nose to get nutrients in, she chose to die. The doctors were willing to respect that wish, but when she asked them to "help me die faster," they told her that this was not an option. If Kevorkian had been around our hospital at the time, she would have asked for him. Now, death by refusing food gets painful, not just because hunger is painful, but even more than that, because when the body is shutting down, one of the first things to happen is that the tips of fingers and toes lose their blood circulation, and that's very painful. Add to that the bureaucratic snags that sometimes delay getting morphine when it's needed... Point is, for at least some of his patients, Kevorkian was about making death more painless. And I definitely don't get the impression he was doing it for kicks.
 
One thing you should know is, for a lot of patients, it's not a choice between living and dying, but rather, a choice between quick death and slow death. When my mother was in her final days, with her eating ability impaired and needing a tube down her nose to get nutrients in, she chose to die. The doctors were willing to respect that wish, but when she asked them to "help me die faster," they told her that this was not an option. If Kevorkian had been around our hospital at the time, she would have asked for him. Now, death by refusing food gets painful, not just because hunger is painful, but even more than that, because when the body is shutting down, one of the first things to happen is that the tips of fingers and toes lose their blood circulation, and that's very painful. Add to that the bureaucratic snags that sometimes delay getting morphine when it's needed... Point is, for at least some of his patients, Kevorkian was about making death more painless. And I definitely don't get the impression he was doing it for kicks.


I agree with you completely. I've been working in retirement homes for years and I've seen people in excruciating pain being kept alive for no reason. Or cancer patients dying while moaning in agony. Anything that can help people die a little easier is fine by me.
 
I know this is a very touchy subject. Having lost a grandfather to cancer, and having a mother with cancer, (Although of course I hope and pray she can recover fully, or at least be managed without pain, these are my thoughts)

I know for a fact that if my mom did ever God Forbid turn terminal with her cancer, that she would rather die a peaceful, dignified, death, rather than to suffer. My feeling is that if we can legally euthinize a sick animal, to have them pass with dignity, why can we not do the same to a human as well?

Maybe I'm wrong, but this is how I see it.

Mitch
 
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