Single Paragraph Essay
“A Case of Assisted Suicide”
“A Case of Assisted Suicide,” written by Jack Kevorkian discusses Kevorkian himself assisting a woman who no longer wished to live to commit suicide because of Alzheimer’s disease, using a machine he had designed himself specifically for suicide purposes. Though one usually takes his or her own life in suicide, some may feel that having an official of such a business is much more formal. But is suicide itself really all that wrong? The very bare reason is that the individual wishes to no longer live, whatever the outside reasons may be. Assisted suicide, then, may just be a way to find help from someone who fully understands that individual’s rights and reasons. “The intelligent woman knew what the diagnosis portended, and at that instant decided she would not live to experience the horror of such a death.” (436) However, controversy creates difficulty and confusion, not just for the public, but for the one who wishes to die; when no other options are left, the individual should have the right to take the wheel from there, but why not? Kevorkian’s patient, Janet, did not let anyone stop her; “…any candidate for the Mercitron must have exhausted every potentially beneficial medical intervention, no matter how remotely promising.” (437)
Word Count: 205 words
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