...killed without parental approval, 12 to 16 year olds to be killed if a parent or guardian agrees (A New Zealand Resource for Life Related Issue). Wanting to talk to doctors who thought as he did, Kevorkian flew to Amsterdam, where he studied techniques that allowed Dutch physicians to assist in the suicide of terminally ill patients without interference from the legal authorities. After speaking to Dutch doctors, Kevorkian was spurred to action (Schneider). He later wrote: “I decided to take the risk step of assisting terminal patients in committing suicide. I could not even consider performing active euthanasia and thereby being charge with murder (A New Zealand Resource for Life Related Issue).” Jack Kevorkian, 2011 DFree/Shutterstock.com Having decided to help people to kill themselves, Dr. Kevorkian considered two methods: carbon monoxide gas and lethal injection. Using cheap materials bought from garage sales, Kevorkian built his “suicide machine” at the kitchen table of his apartment and called it the Thanatron (You don’t Know Jack). Later Kevorkian showed journalists the Thanatron from which he suspended vials of drugs- thiopental, a sedative, and potassium chloride, which paralyzed the heart- that allowed patients to end their own lives. www.detroitnews.com He also ensured the patient’s comfort and protected himself from criminal conviction. For that he required the patient to express clearly a wish to die. Patients were given at least a month to consider...
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