You Don't Know Jack

I watched this movie last night and really liked it. We started a small debate about it in the office when he passed away and no one seemed to want to touch the subject. I think it's a fine line. I do not disagree with what Dr. Kevorkian did for his patients. In the movie you find he turned away several patients who were clinically depressed or in the very early stages of a terminal illness. He didn't assist people who didn't want to live anymore. He only assisted those who could not physically bare the pain the endured every single day; people who were no longer 'living.' He made good points too in saying that people on life support can pull the plug and essentially starve to death, but they can't make the choice to euthanize themselves. The fact that the procedures were done in vans and hotel rooms is obviously less than desirable. Either way I'm not 100% sure where I stand on it. Even if Dr. Kevorkian had the best of intentions, I don't think if this were legalized that every doctor would have the best of intentions with it. So as he was trying to legalize it because he believed doctors and insurance companies were greedy to keep people alive who were no longer 'living' and were sticking their families with the bill. He may have created a new monster by having it legalized. I can see it being abused and very expensive. Jury is still out on this one...