Compassion for the Terminally Ill When I was six years old, I had a blond terrier, named Dorothy, that had a bad habit of wondering the neighborhood. ... No uniform ruling exists on the law books regarding physician assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. ... Kevorkian, a retired pathologist, was sentenced to two terms of imprisonment for helping a terminally ill man to die. ... Kevorkian when was acting out of compassion for his terminally ill patients. ... Should we not show compassion and let the terminally ill die with dignity? ...

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When the person was ill with any type of disease that could not be treated, or what is called a terminal illness, a poison was put in the cup of the victim. ... When a person is terminally ill, his family might suggest the possibility of euthanasia, when in fact, the person that is ill can only request it. ... The family may offer spiritual input, but is not involved in the final decision, nor can a family member request euthanasia for an ill family member. ... Some doctors are helping terminally ill patients commit suicide-a so-called physician-assisted suicide-without being punished. ......

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A person would have to be diagnosed as terminally ill. ... Many terminally ill people are living in excessive pain for long periods of time. ... Although many physicians oppose assisted suicide, arguing that patients should seek proper medical care, most terminally ill people die in excessive pain due to inadequate care. Some terminally ill choose assisted suicide because of large medical bills that begin to add up. ... I don't think euthanasia should be used on elderly people who are not terminally ill as a means to clear space. ...

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Many people oppose it, because they feel it is immoral and or unjust, but others believe that it is a humane thing to do, if a patient is terminally ill and is suffering. ... It was devised so that the patient themselves could pull the trigger. ... This would put the patient into a deep coma. ... The patient would die of a heart attack while asleep. ... All of his patients were either terminally ill or were under such agony and pain that they could not bear to live out the rest of their life. ...

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His aim was to help the hopeless patients who are terminally ill or suffering from debilitating pain to commit suicide effortlessly. ... Jack Kevorkian tackled one of the most controversial issues in the 1990's, if not still to this day, regarding euthanasia and the rights a terminally ill person has to end their life with assisted suicide. ... He says you are the servant of the patient. ... So I've got to do what the patient requires. ... The government should not have the right to a terminally ill person's life. ...

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