A Case of Assisted Suicide

LeChunda Duncan
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp. 102-104
12 September 2011
Single Paragraph Essay
Helping Commit Suicide
In Jack Kevorkian’s “A Case of Assisted Suicide”, the author entitles us to the story of one of his patients and how he uses “medicide” to help her end her life. Euthanasia is essential to patients will terminal illness by the freedom of choice to commit suicide. In this story, the writer states, “I had already prepared authorization forms signifying Janet’s intent, determination, and freedom of choice, which she readily agreed to sign”(321). Janet made the decision to get help to take her own life. She was ready to move forward and also competent at this time. This being essential to her life was shown, as quoted in the last paragraph, “The moment had come…It was 2:30pm. Suddenly-for the first time that cold, dank day-warm sunshine bathed the park”(323). Janet, still competent, hits the switch to her death. The essence of the paragraph stated her happiness in her decision and how she would no longer suffer, but reassuring is in her own choice of her mental state of mind.
Works Cited
Kevorkian, Jack “A Case of Assisted Suicide” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 317-323. Print.


Works Cited
Kevorkian, Jack “A Case of Assisted Suicide” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 317-323. Print.