Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Assisted Suicide
             Imagine being in a room with one other person who is a man that is hooking a machine up to you. The machine has three vials on it. There is a tube leading from all three to your arm and there is an electronic remote control with a button for you to push. At the push of this button, life is over. A dictionary definition of assisted suicide is "suicide accomplished with the aid of another person, especially a physician" (Dictionary 1). Assisted-suicide is an act usually performed by a doctor to help a suffering person die. Euthanasia is mercy killing, or intentionally ending the life of someone who is hopelessly sick or injured in order to save them from suffering. Euthanasia meant an easy death without severe suffering in ancient times. Sometimes decisions to stop a treatment like dialysis or breathing machine are also called euthanasia, but they really are not. There is a real difference between a patient refusing a treatment and a patient requesting to be killed. Dr. Jack Kevorkian is a man who is most thought of when it comes to assisted-suicide. He has said that he has been in the presence of about 130 different assisted suicides, which he also told the public he was part of each and every assisted suicide (Jack Kevorkian 3). Many people in the world have different views about how to go about this form of ending life. Some people think assisted-suicide is acceptable. Other people do not think it is wrong. Dr. Jack Kevorkian has fought all of his life to try and make it suitable for a person to have a choice to end their life. "They jump out of buildings, they blow their brains out, they drink lye. Is that better?" (Jack Kevorkian 4). A recent case involving a Lou Gehrig's disease patient, named Thomas W. Hyde, Jr., renewed the fight for if assisted-suicide should be legalized.
             In today's society, one of the most controversial issues is physician-as...