4/23 Dr. Death

Hey, guys, I cover for Amy's turn this Friday. This is what we are gonna talk about.

Recently, I’ve watched an interview of Jack Kevorkian who is a former doctor and pathologist in America. Kevorkian offered the service of euthanasia for 130 people which caused him to be convicted of second-degree murder and spent eight and a half years in prison. His life now became the subject of HBO’s film called “You don’t know Jack.” (Al Pacino played Kevorkian in this film). What he did is quite controversial, so I think we can have some discussion over it.

What did Jack do?
http://www.nndb.com/people/272/000023203/

The clip of the interview (with Anderson Cooper)
http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/16/dr-kevorkian-responds-to-question-about-playing-god/

More about Jack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian

“You don’t know Jack”
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/gives+life+Death/2921257/story.html

Questions
1. What do you think about mercy killing?
2. If you were too ill to bear the pain any longer, would you want to end your life?
3. If one of your family were in the same situation, would you think the same way?
4. Do you think Kevorkian’s verdict was fair? Please state the reasons why.
5. What do you think about Kevorkian’s comment on euthanasia?
6. Do you think Kevorkian’s service of euthanasia is kinda playing the God?
7. If you were Kevorkian, would you give your patients mercy killing when they ask you to do so?