IDEALISM AND REALISM

Euthanasia and DyingMr. Richard GeibAugust 27, 2015

QUESTIONS!When does life end? When is life not worth living? How does one ends ones life? The proper role of medical personnel?

Mercy?Or murder?

RAMON SANPEDRO(January 5, 1943January 12, 1998 )Quadriplegic in a diving accident at the age of 25Athletic, adventurous young man (echoes of Chris Hill?)Fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years: Could not kill himself without helpLost all legal challenges in Spanish courtsCatholic Church an implacable enemyHead in a bed

SANPEDROS CHOICEAutonomy of the individual!

SANPEDRO AND DEATHRamona Maneiro and role of friends

"Your Honors, Political and Religious Authorities" As you can see, beside me, I have a glass of water containing a dose of potassium cyanide. When I drink it, I will be renouncing voluntarily the most legitimate and private possession I own that is to say, my body. I will also have freed myself from a humiliating slavery being a quadriplegic.

DEATH OF RAMON

"Living is a right, not an obligation."Do you agree?

130 Assisted Suicides Between 1990 to 1998

Thanatron and mercitron (gas mask fed by a canister of carbon monoxide. In 1991 the State of Michigan revoked Kevorkians medical license.

DR. KEVORKIAN Not exactly getting along well professionally with conventional doctors

NOTE: These are ACTORS, not real thing!

"I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death." Jack Kevorkian

First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here? Jack Kevorkian

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life. Jack Kevorkian

My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. Its got to be decriminalized. Jack Kevorkian

She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that. Jack Kevorkian

The patient decides when it's best to go.Jack Kevorkian

"If we are free people at all, then we must be free to choose the manner of our death."Jack Kevorkian

"What he did is like veterinary medicine. When you take your pet to the vet, he puts the pet to sleep. I think human beings are more complicated than that. I think he should have his license revoked.Dr. John Finn, medical director of the Hospice of Southeastern Michigan in suburban Detroit, told The Times in 1990

"Kevorkian did this without any guidelines whatsoever. Physicians cannot just, willy-nilly, assist someone in killing themselves."Dr. Melvin Kirschner, co-chairman of the joint committee on medical ethics of the Los Angeles County Medical Assn. and the Los Angeles County Bar Assn., complained in a 1990

ITS EMOTIONALISM A bitter critic of the organized religion that has made him into a self-styled martyr

NOTE: These are ACTORS, not real thing!Are we playing God?

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma. Jack Kevorkian

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right. Jack Kevorkian