Death, Kevorkian earned his name for his advocacy of physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. ... In The Times story, Kevorkian was depicted as a "lifelong bachelor living off his savings in a tiny, ill-furnished, walk-up apartment in Royal Oak, Michigan, not far from his boyhood home in Pontiac." The Times also reported that he had become "increasingly dominated by the issue of suicide for the terminally ill" (McLellan). ... On June 4, 1990, Janet Adkins became the first patient to test Kevorkian's mercitron. ... Furthermore, the investigation showed that "at least 6...

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I also support the idea that if a patient seeks their physicians assistance, the physician should be allowed to help that patient. Under the current law, patients who want to die can either commit suicide on their own, or if competent can refuse all treatment necessary that will prolong their life, but a patient is not given the choice as to when they want to end their life. ... Society's interest in life preservation should be lessened when a person is terminally ill and has strong desire to end their life. ... This is not very different from competent, terminally ill patients being allo...

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In some sad cases, even if there is the option of treatment, the patient's body may be so over-taken by their disease that it would be of no help. ... This is referred to as assisted suicide, a physician providing an ill, yet competent person with medication to aid in committing suicide. ... What both parties share is the desire to meet the needs of a dying patient. ... Comfort care also suggests that doctors simply do what they can to make life happier for the terminally ill and their family any way they possibly can whether it is through kind words, bright smiles, or funny jokes; anythi...

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