Kevorkian is a serial killer, you should do a real investigation into this. Look at that als video again, he acts for the camera and that is not a proper interview. He’s the next Robert Durst, glad he’s not on the planet any more. That defence lawyer attacks the victims in court too, he’d never get away with that today. Kevorkians lawyer could be sent to jail if you did this right. By defending him he created more deaths. Kevorkian used a van to kill that patient. The consultations are an act to back up his serial killing. Look at what Robert Dursts lawyer did in their very first case. He lay on a table and covered himself in a blanket in the courtroom. Kevorkians lawyer attacked victims so he could kill again.
He was a serial killer, if you oppose the law you aren’t a good person at all. He wasn’t forward thinking, he was killing off dying victims to avoid arrest.
Level of development? Give me a break. Some of the greatest evils of all time are perpetrated by people believing they are acting morally and ethically, or “for the greater good.” Jack held himself above the law, and played God with people’s lives. He violated the hippocratic oath and did so according to his own moral code. That is not a good man. That’s an out of control narcissist.
He was honestly just ahead of his time. They made him out to be such a horrible monster. However, in certain circumstances people should be able to decide how they go out. People want to pass with dignity- I’ve seen it time and time again and that seems to be of the upmost importance. Appearance, dignity.
If you’ve ever seen someone slowly die of a terminal illness, there’s no way you could see this man as anything but a hero, letting people go with some dignity.
Agree. I didn’t agree with him when I was younger and I had never seen anyone suffer. But now that I’m older and have watched loved ones suffer and diminish and become a weak shell of themselves it’s horrible. My grama was beautiful, did her hair and make up every day but then her cancer quickly made her decline. Diagnosed and died 6 weeks later. Bed ridden in pain in a diaper. I know she felt like she had nothing not even dignity. I don’t fault this Dr or any of his patients. It’s very brave ❤
I’ve seen many of my clients die in the cancer society but I would never leave them alone in a room with this monster, he used a van to hide the bodies for goodness sake. The police found the body in the van, who does that to a body? No one. He is no hero. The defence lawyer beats down the victims it’s appalling.
He's no hero! I have been a nurse for 30+ years and worked Hospice and oncology most of that time. I have personally cared for family members during their end of life days and it can certainly be difficult....but it can also have moments of beauty. With proper pain management and care, the sting of death can be minimal. No one should be allowed to speed up this process.
I wish every human had this opportunity to choose how they go. Especially when dying from a disease that makes you suffer everyday. This man in my eyes was an angel and the only person willing to help families and not just see them as dollar bills!
He was before his time. People like that are always torn down. He didn't anything get him down though. Dr Kevorkian was such a force to be reckoned with. A truly inspirational human being. I'm glad I got to be alive in his time.
I would never trust a “doctor” who had lost his license and had no access to approved pharmaceuticals. You guys must not know about his reputation as a surgeon.🤦🏼♀️
I think he was ahead of his time. I worked with terminal people and it's sad to watch them deteriorate. It's painful for the patients. I feel like this gives them some dignity.
@caleynztv do you have pets? If so are the vets who recommend euthanasia bc the quality of life doesn't look good for your these demented evil animal serial killers who just love euthanizing their patients? No they're doing to end pain because they know that it's more humane than letting their patient be in extreme agony. Is it fun? No it's not but Dr.Kevorkian is no more different than vets who unfortunately have to euthanize their patients and Kevorkian would only do it if he knew that his patient would slowly deteriorate and just have an increasingly shitty quality of life
@@tierefuerimmer9635 my brother is a vet surgeon and it’s a hell of a lot more complex than just euthanising an animal. Your comment is below the level of basic intelligence or any form of critical thinking. He’s a serial killer, preying on specific victims that he can kill earlier than their norm for their condition.
He's sick and twisted, and it blows my mind that so many people support this psychopath. He got joy out of helping people die. He literally led them to their death. It's disgusting.
My sweet dog passed in my arms with some help from our vet. She was so old and sick. It was a relief, the end of her suffering. Why can we not do the same for our loved ones?
Agreed! I've witnessed two of dogs having to be put down, one bc of bloat and the other one had cancer and she was bleeding from her nose and refused to eat . So our options were to either let them suffer from their conditions in extreme pain or put them out of their misery. And right before the vet came out to euthanize Princess she licked my mom and me so it was like she knew her time was up. I think it's extremely hypocritical how Kevorkian is sometimes treated like he's a Nazi/boogeyman type of person, but he said it himself that the goal is never to kill the patient but to relieve them of suffering as that's a doctor's duty. Hell he even video taped a patient who was requesting to be euthanized bc of advanced Lou Gehrig's and was in constant fear of choking on his own saliva and even after requesting euthanasia, Dr.Kevorkian checked with him several times if he really wanted this and even tried to give him a week. Then the patient's called him and said he wanted to be euthanized now, to which Kevorkian did. Whether ppl admit or not, Dr.Kevorkian is no different than those vets who have make the tough decision to put down their patients and he only does it after they're absolutely sure that's what they want
I truly believe in assisted end of life suicide. Drs sometimes frequently have people live in atrocious conditions when if allowed would die naturally when they were ready to go. To me that is torture.Let the person make a decision when they are terminal
I worked medicine for 35 years. 20 years as a nurse. This man brought forward a very needed conversation, as people live longer and longer, out live their children and in some cases their grandchildren, or suffering daily humiliation of not being able to do the basic tasks of daily living. Others also knowingly facing awful, and i mean awful results of disease, this man gave us back the idea that we have control over our lives and yes our deaths. I believe he's a hero.
@@TheRealBatCaveIt's stripping them of all hope. The .essence being sent is, "Oh, you feel depressed. That sucks. You'd be better off dead." Truly disgusting.
@moriyarose3587 I kno, and its also a very cheap lazy way to deal with your citizens who have a mental illness, just give them this option.....it's ludicrous, that's what they want up in Canada
When I first heard about this I was young and thought he was a bad person. But as time has gone by and I've had time to experience agony and suffering; I have the utmost respect for Dr Kevorkian and what he did. I'm a 2 time stage 3 cancer survivor. But if I ever have to go through what my own father did; I'd fly to a country where this is legal.
But you Answered it yourself, you beat cancer. Imagine if someone thought it js better to die than do there best to survive. Only God decide when we die. My own father died in hospital. And we have to agree with his decision to go natural way which is not have medical equipment inside him to keep him alive and be in pain. He died naturally day after he was released at home with us. He didn’t get any assistance from Dr or anything
No! Just no! If people start killing themselves because of pain or illness, EVERYONE that has pain or illness will be EXPECTED to kill themselves. You don’t want to go there in America. Canada has assisted suicide and there have already been people that are in pain that are having their physicians recommending suicide! Just NO!!!
@@shannonhawkins3296, did y'all have a caregiver when he came home? I respect your opinion, but this is my life. We are all sinners, I'll answer on judgment day.
@Shannon Hawkins you're preaching to the choir. I live with extreme chronic pain every damn day of my life and I stand by what I said. It's my body and my choice. And if I wanted the help and was prevented; I'd find a much messier way to do it. I don't tell other grown adults what they can and can't do with their bodies.
Cringe! Do you really think that by saying that, it makes you look edgy and cool? Oh look at me, I like serial killers, I'm so cool. Grow up! Nobody buys your fake attention seeking.
@@Noah-SMCOC You seem a little angry in your reality. My reality is…..nothing wrong with Doctor Jack. He only tired to help humans that WANTED help. Humans are too nosy. Stay away from things you can’t ever understand. 2 each his own brother. I hope you have and receive absolutely everything you want in your world. And….. Thank you for sending me the EDGEY comment. You have straightened me out.Ty🧐🤨😳🙄😱💀
people who never had to deal with chronic severe debilatating pains every second of their life torturously, will never understand how Dr Jack Kevorkian relieved peoples suffering. Plain and simple.experiences with life called wisdom
Hospice is NOT for allowing the patient to go when and how they want to. Hospice is for trying to relieve the suffering as the patient lays waiting to die. And sometimes, that suffering is not fully relieved.
When my beloved Maine Coon, 18 year old cat named Sabi developed cancer, the vet and I did everything in our power to ensure that my baby had no pain or suffering. And medication helped with that for a while. But when it became apparent that the pain was no longer being kept at bay with any amount of medication and the poor little guy couldn't even eat anymore, I knew I could NOT let him go on this way. I took him to his doctor where I held him and kissed him and thanked him for his friendship while the doctor helped him to cross over. I was devastated but knew I had done the right thing. Everyone told me I did what a loving , caring pet parent should do.....NOT let my pet go on in agony. But what if this were my father who was suffering? Or my mother? Or my child?? What if I took one of them to a doctor who would help them cross over and end their suffering? The doctor and I would be called murderers. Why is it unthinkable that our pets should suffer but our beloved family members have to lay in agony until their body cannot take any more of the ungodly pain and gives up on its own??? Are our pets more deserving of our compassion and empathy?? Are people less worthy of dignity than an animal??
@@toriiacoviello4216one hundred percent correct. As a nurse who worked hospice, I can confirm that many of my patients would have benefited from Dr.Kevorkian’s services.
@@toriiacoviello4216the exact same story for me except mine was a Collie, Maggie. Why can we not give our human family members the same loving and dignified end to suffering? It’s sad and inhumane.
I have pain that sometimes it's unbearable. Either we should be allowed to go somewhere that helps us to fall asleep and never wake up OR to have the medication at hand to decide at home when we have had enough. We don't let animals suffer so please allow humans to go when they need to put an end to pain.
In my eyes he was a good man and I would have wanted him to assist me in ending agonising pain should the need have arisen. One day this will hopefully be the norm as it is in some parts of the world, ie Austria, Switzerland.
Assisted suicide is legal in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and parts of the United States (Washington DC, Washington state, Oregon, Vermont, California, New Jersey, Colorado, Hawaii, and Maine.)
Unfortunately, Canada has been allowing assisted suicide for those impoverished and mental illness. Its crazy because using a slippery slope argument is a fallacy and yet here we are.
It’s just so awful the suffering people have to endure even at young ages. God, I hate it. Why can’t everyone just live nice healthy lives until like 100 and just die in sleep? 😞
I have a friend that was diagnosed with ALS 6 months ago. She is just now beginning to experience difficulty swallowing. It breaks my heart because she is such an incredible person with an amazing soul. I can't even begin to imagine what she must be going through 😔
@@matiff7163as a nurse in long-term care and hospice, I’ve had so many patients BEG me to end their suffering. And my hands are tied. I can do nothing except ask for more pain medicine and a lot of doctors won’t give it because of the restrictions placed due to the opioid crisis.
I sure wish my grandpa had a choice instead of suffering for long exhausting years I’m sorry I can’t blame this doctor. It’s a person’s choice all these pharmaceutical companies want to do is throw pills down our throats and shots in our arms for what for us to suffer now I hope I go out my way
RIP Dr K 💛💙💛💙🙏🌹⚘🌹⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘ Because of You, my Dearest Darling stepdad was able to Crossover and Not Suffer Any Longer in hospital. They Gave him Enough Pain meds to Put him at REST in God's Loving Kingdom 😊 He is Safe and Warm in the Arms of Jesus Christ now. Eternal Gratitude to Dr Kevorkian, for Changing America into a Compassionate Place to "Cross". My Family is Eternally grateful 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛🙏🙏🙏 RIP Dr K, and Dad
Jim kirstener from channel 7 action news here in Michigan is absolutely correct! When they’re on morphine and hospice and they hit that too many times like he said is that assisted suicide?😶. Exactly.
And now , certain states DO allow doctor assisted deaths. This guy was not a criminal. He understood that people want to die the way they choose to die.... With dignity..... Not die screaming in pain, soiling their pants and just plain suffering.
Exactly I can't blame people for wanting to just painlessly falling asleep over being in extreme pain and spending the rest of your days in diapers and/or vegetative state. I think it's extremely hypocritical how Kevorkian is compared to a serial killer when he's no different than vets who unfortunately have to euthanize their patients bc of a crappy quality of life.
When people are terminally ill and there is nothing that anyone can do I believe it's that person's right to choose whether to continue suffering or to die. You can never understand the suffering that people go through when they are terminally ill. You'd do that to your pet because of your love for them, same goes for a human being who is suffering which has no quality of life any longer.
And what do they think Hospice is? It's a LEGAL way to end life. I know (bc I've witnessed) both Mom and Dad in Hospice. I do believe, I have the right to choose my going home. My kids will not go thru what I went thru with both my parents. They didn't want me to take care of them, but, it was my promise and honor to care for them.
@@tmp1111 yep. My Dad went first by Hospice OD. My Mom went naturally after Hospice released her from care, bc I wouldn't give into the OD process, she passed a couple months after she graduated from hospice. 😪❤
That’s NOT was hospice is. It’s keeping patients comfortable until they reach the end of their natural life. They pass completely on their own- not assisted. At all.
They do not let him help people that decide about theyr life , and all the suffering , but they give death penalty to some one for a crime.......incredible
If someone is really sick and suffering and has no quality of Life and is going to die anyway then what is really the problem here ? I think people should mind there own business and let somethings alone for privacy reasons.
It makes sense that if we put our ailing pets to sleep, someone that is living in NONSTOP never ending pain, why can’t Drs help in ethical suicide. Would they want a family member to help them and have them live with that burden? Of course you would want everything that you could possibly afford and have access to for your loved one or yourself to have a much better existence. And I have dealt with pain personally, pain just every second every minute you’re looking at the clock waiting to take your next pain pill, and that isn’t very fun either when your pain goes away and then the withdrawal from pain medication.
I had a heart attack going thru withdrawl bc my heart couldnt handle both pain & withdrawl. Irony & that costs alot of $ to come back from heaven. I was so mad & didnt want to pay bc I didnt want to leave Paradise bc I was so HAPPY.
He was a true hero. People have the right to choose a death with dignity. We are not asked to come into this world, but we should have the right to be asked when we want to go for good.
First rule of medical care is do no harm.......when you sustain life beyond any return and potential long drawn out pain....at what point are you harming rather than assisting to a peaceful end. Every day doctors give enough pain killer to make this happen at end of life.....he was never wrong!
My mother died from cancer. I thought her “treatment” was painful and terribly invasive. It left her unable to move alone and the closer she got to death she couldn’t even be moved at all because her bones that were left didn’t even support her body. She was in excruciating pain. There is pain that morphine doesn’t relieve. I cannot explain how bad bedsores can get when you can’t move, turn or shift a dying person’s body. Smelling your loved ones oozing rotting flesh is something that should never be happen. You try everything and nothing works. As bad as it is for the loved ones I can’t even fathom the horror of being trapped in a body that has turned on you like that. The indignities. The pain. As you lay there virtually rotting while being in unfathomable prolonged suffering. If we let this happen to our pets it would be considered abusive. We are compassionate enough to ease our pets pain and not prolong their suffering. I cannot understand why we don’t treat people with such compassion. Assisted suicide which should probably be renamed to something like compassionate passing should be available to anyone who wants it. If anyone finds me getting towards anything comparable to my mother’s death, please just shoot me and put me out of my misery. At least show me the compassion that was shown to Old Yeller.
I know of 6 chronic patients who killed themselves since Drs cut back pain meds & 5 were listed as an OD as way of death & 6th dont know yet. They just took mths at 1 time. Friend who had stage 4 cancer & Dr warned him they were addictive so he couldnt give him what he used to. Hospice did & he took chemo to find homes for his pets. Dr Jack is an angel bc quality of life beats pain. I too, am in chronic pain & was in heaven 3× & God evicted me bc I still have something yet to do. Maybe a pain advocate bc its so much easier to get Fentanyl than a script from a Dr. Theyve cut me back & expect me to just be in solidary confinement in bed. I was told women dont need sex like men do also. So humiliating to beg for pain relief. Weed they say will cause me to OD so I get tested for weed. Pharma owns these Drs. If I had Alzheimers or dementia Id so want to take mths supply at once yet Id forget or not know what they r. Id like to get up & brush my teeth or get into bathtub etc. DR JACK IS AN ANGEL bc when u just exist u r no longer living! Locked down for life sucks. Ppl with no disabilities r clueless with his relieving hell from these patients. My 6th friend killed herself bc she got my diagnosis & chose death than be like me. Eating food u hate Im now accustom to but at first Id gag! GOD Bless & Stay Safe & Healthy💜🙏💜
Exactly! and they wonder why people are buying drugs on the street. Maybe if the Dr's and state governments had some empathy people would not have to rely on drug dealers and massive suicide.
Dr. Kevorkian was a courageous warrior in the fight for the right of a human to choose when and how they die . And to die in comfort and with dignity. The setting could be very different than what it was in the 1990’s. Secrecy and stealth was necessary to avoid arrest for murder. Those who had accepted the truth that they could not be restored to any acceptable level of health had no choice except suicide by their own hand. No comfort, no one to comfort them as their life ceased. Who has the authority to command another person to endure suffering and progressive debilitation ? Apparently other family members can impose their will on the sick by refusing to honor the patient’s end of life directives to be allowed to stop all medical intervention. There are sometimes monetary reasons for a son or daughter to force a parent to go on suffering . As little as a Social Security check is reason enough for some. Dr. Kevorkian did not solicit patients, he made himself available to those seeking help. May your own death come swiftly and without experiencing ongoing pain, sickness, progressive deterioration, confinement to a nursing facility, or having your life extended beyond your ability to endure.
I agree with the doctor and his lawyer. People should be able to decide when they have suffered enough. Why should anyone be forced to live in constant pain. I'm in Canada. The government has just made it so you can end your life if you have mental health issues. Not just pain.. if you have any mental health issues you can just say I've had enough. That's a bit too far for me to agree with. But who am I to say about another person's choice. If there has been years of trauma and a constant battle in your head then I do understand.
We all deserve the choice on how we want to live or pass. If i was in a medical situation where it would cause me to be in pain and suffering I would want to have that choice to pass with dignity. Im glad I live in a state that allows this to happen. Probably thanks to Doctor Kavorkian.
Funny how YT warns about self harm. I don't see this as suicide I see it as humane. Yet we do put our animals down when we see they are not going to get any better. This is about human rights and compassion.
That's an excellent point. Your vet would never tell you, "There's nothing more we can do, so just stop feeding him." People would be appalled! How can we do that to humans??
We absolutely treat animals better than we do human beings. We let them go out with dignity and protect them from suffering but it’s illegal for us to give ourselves that same grace. Unreal!
Drs wernt serious about pain management in the 90s, that hasn't changed. I wish I could meet this dr, hes probably dead now, but I wish I could have met him, he would have made a difference in my life thats for sure. I praise him for helping so many people! 🙏💞🙏
😢 every human has the right to choose whether to suffer or not from terminal illness. There are many reasons they saught him out to help them!! I don't think he was evil at all. He was doing a service to those who could not get any other doctor to alleviate their suffering.
I would hope if i had a terminal disease and i had the option to go out on my own terms id need a doctor like Jack Kevorkian. No one wants to live in pain and suffer day in and day out if theres no solution to make them get healthier.
I recently was getting recurrent bouts of pancreatitis. It was so agonizing, I did not want to live through it. I had never wanted to die until experiencing this level of suffering. I was able to fix it with bile duct stents. However, if I ever developed this again but chronically, and incurable, I hope I can find my Dr. K. It gave me an entirely different perspective.
I stand by the ability for assisted suicide. He is not Dr. Death. I call him Dr. Diginity to allow people at the end of their terminal illness to die with diginity.
Well, the doctor who Injected the person who wanted to die is like the same as a doctor injecting a person with death penalty conviction. If we will only see it in one perspective, though. 🤔🤔
Why should we as a human not be able to decide when we can't take anymore. We should be able to decide when we go. Only humans want other humans to suffer to stay and suffer.
Its Legal to Murder babies , But not end life suffering. Unless you have watched someone suffer while dying, gasping for air, drowning in there fluids, foam coming out of them, Do NOT say it's wrong to let someone die peacefully. They are kinder to Animals. They need to pass die with dignity in every state already.
So we have enough compassion to put our pets down when we feel they have have suffered enough... Yet we can't seem to be able to do the same for our loved ones.
Dr. Kevorkian was man who had true care , empathy and compassion for those who were suffering daily with a diagnosis that the pain would only get worse until an agonizing death. Instead of many of today's doctors that follow 💲hospital protocol to make the almighty dollar 💲and keep giving medication after medication, procedure after procedure as those who are seriously suffering making the pain and misery unbearable knowing there is no cure or no relief to ever be out of unlivable pain just lingering in daily agony an everyday thinking when will death take me. Dr. Kevorkian is a man who helped so many end their endless suffering with dignity, in a peaceful manor and with dignity. 🕊
Criminal! Humans are so quick to scream ouch! We think our lives have no meaning beyond our own desires, hence, a self-serving skilled doctor can practice his skill. BTW, didn't Stephen Hawking have ASL?... For 50 YEARS!!!!!
It’s always odd to me to know that it’s fine to put animals to sleep for suffering but not human beings. We just give them pain killers and say “Oh well just deal with it until you die.”
Judgment of #JackKevorkian with #AshleighBanfield | A #CourtTV Original Series
MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/programming/trial-archives/
Kevorkian is a serial killer, you should do a real investigation into this. Look at that als video again, he acts for the camera and that is not a proper interview. He’s the next Robert Durst, glad he’s not on the planet any more. That defence lawyer attacks the victims in court too, he’d never get away with that today. Kevorkians lawyer could be sent to jail if you did this right. By defending him he created more deaths. Kevorkian used a van to kill that patient. The consultations are an act to back up his serial killing. Look at what Robert Dursts lawyer did in their very first case. He lay on a table and covered himself in a blanket in the courtroom. Kevorkians lawyer attacked victims so he could kill again.
I remember him saying to the judge " No one has the right to tell you how to live or die especially the Government". RIP Jack Kerkorian.
My life, my choice how I exit. We treat pets better.
Absolutely on POINT
💯
He did what he thought was moral and ethical, and stood by his commitment; how many of us can profess that level of development?
He was a serial killer, if you oppose the law you aren’t a good person at all. He wasn’t forward thinking, he was killing off dying victims to avoid arrest.
Level of development? Give me a break. Some of the greatest evils of all time are perpetrated by people believing they are acting morally and ethically, or “for the greater good.”
Jack held himself above the law, and played God with people’s lives. He violated the hippocratic oath and did so according to his own moral code. That is not a good man. That’s an out of control narcissist.
Seriously?🙄
@@Lucy-pj7cxExactly
The bravest man to ever live !
He was honestly just ahead of his time. They made him out to be such a horrible monster. However, in certain circumstances people should be able to decide how they go out. People want to pass with dignity- I’ve seen it time and time again and that seems to be of the upmost importance. Appearance, dignity.
If you’ve ever seen someone slowly die of a terminal illness, there’s no way you could see this man as anything but a hero, letting people go with some dignity.
Agree. I didn’t agree with him when I was younger and I had never seen anyone suffer. But now that I’m older and have watched loved ones suffer and diminish and become a weak shell of themselves it’s horrible. My grama was beautiful, did her hair and make up every day but then her cancer quickly made her decline. Diagnosed and died 6 weeks later. Bed ridden in pain in a diaper. I know she felt like she had nothing not even dignity. I don’t fault this Dr or any of his patients. It’s very brave ❤
There are ways to off yourself than this
I’ve seen many of my clients die in the cancer society but I would never leave them alone in a room with this monster, he used a van to hide the bodies for goodness sake. The police found the body in the van, who does that to a body? No one. He is no hero. The defence lawyer beats down the victims it’s appalling.
He's no hero! I have been a nurse for 30+ years and worked Hospice and oncology most of that time. I have personally cared for family members during their end of life days and it can certainly be difficult....but it can also have moments of beauty. With proper pain management and care, the sting of death can be minimal. No one should be allowed to speed up this process.
@@tcttvradioAbsolutely right 👍 I personally believe that JK was a psychopath and enjoyed killing these poor people.
I wish every human had this opportunity to choose how they go. Especially when dying from a disease that makes you suffer everyday. This man in my eyes was an angel and the only person willing to help families and not just see them as dollar bills!
Amen. IF, I have to, I'll get Legal Doc to protect everyone.
THIS IS MY RIGHT, not ANYONE else's.
It's now a moneymaking scam. Screw them.
I do agree! They do have that in some states. But I do wish it wasn't Only for the old & suffering.
I agree
@@jamie.777 your blatant immaturity shows quite clearly.
THAT is something to laugh about.
@@jamie.777 🤡🤡🤡
He was before his time. People like that are always torn down. He didn't anything get him down though. Dr Kevorkian was such a force to be reckoned with. A truly inspirational human being. I'm glad I got to be alive in his time.
I agree
I would never trust a “doctor” who had lost his license and had no access to approved pharmaceuticals. You guys must not know about his reputation as a surgeon.🤦🏼♀️
Not really he always cited his favorite philosophers from before his time.
@@jennifercockfield3218 Dr. Kevorkian was actually a pathologist, not a surgeon.
I've always heard the name but never really knew the story of Dr Kervokian. Thanks for this Ashleigh
I think he was ahead of his time. I worked with terminal people and it's sad to watch them deteriorate. It's painful for the patients. I feel like this gives them some dignity.
He was the most advanced serial killer, very clever monster.
@caleynztv do you have pets? If so are the vets who recommend euthanasia bc the quality of life doesn't look good for your these demented evil animal serial killers who just love euthanizing their patients? No they're doing to end pain because they know that it's more humane than letting their patient be in extreme agony. Is it fun? No it's not but Dr.Kevorkian is no more different than vets who unfortunately have to euthanize their patients and Kevorkian would only do it if he knew that his patient would slowly deteriorate and just have an increasingly shitty quality of life
@@tcttvradioyou jack off to people suffering don't you.
@@tierefuerimmer9635 my brother is a vet surgeon and it’s a hell of a lot more complex than just euthanising an animal. Your comment is below the level of basic intelligence or any form of critical thinking. He’s a serial killer, preying on specific victims that he can kill earlier than their norm for their condition.
@truecrimereaction I agree. Sick and twisted man. It blows my mind that so many people in the comments are nearly worshipping him. Truly disgusting.
I have huge respect for Dr. Kevorkian. He risked his freedom to serve his patients. He was a good person and compassionate doctor.
What a hero he was. I have a terminal illness, and I am so grateful for what he has accomplished for us.
I am so sorry ❤
God bless this man. I had very different moral beliefs on this before i was a palliative nurse.
Let people die with dignity.
Heaven is Paradise & no pain. Why let humans suffer is puzzling to me.
Dr. Kevorkian was also an artist and jazz musician and composer. Extraordinary man.
Genius
He's sick and twisted, and it blows my mind that so many people support this psychopath. He got joy out of helping people die. He literally led them to their death. It's disgusting.
It always is so sad to me that we are more humane to our animals than we are to our sick and dying!
Exactly. I have watched members of my family suffer for days while I could help my poor fur babies not suffer anymore. It is not right.
My sweet dog passed in my arms with some help from our vet. She was so old and sick. It was a relief, the end of her suffering. Why can we not do the same for our loved ones?
Agreed! I've witnessed two of dogs having to be put down, one bc of bloat and the other one had cancer and she was bleeding from her nose and refused to eat . So our options were to either let them suffer from their conditions in extreme pain or put them out of their misery. And right before the vet came out to euthanize Princess she licked my mom and me so it was like she knew her time was up.
I think it's extremely hypocritical how Kevorkian is sometimes treated like he's a Nazi/boogeyman type of person, but he said it himself that the goal is never to kill the patient but to relieve them of suffering as that's a doctor's duty. Hell he even video taped a patient who was requesting to be euthanized bc of advanced Lou Gehrig's and was in constant fear of choking on his own saliva and even after requesting euthanasia, Dr.Kevorkian checked with him several times if he really wanted this and even tried to give him a week. Then the patient's called him and said he wanted to be euthanized now, to which Kevorkian did.
Whether ppl admit or not, Dr.Kevorkian is no different than those vets who have make the tough decision to put down their patients and he only does it after they're absolutely sure that's what they want
Dr. K was so brave. I'd have been so grateful.
I truly believe in assisted end of life suicide.
Drs sometimes frequently have people live in atrocious conditions when if allowed would die naturally when they were ready to go.
To me that is torture.Let the person make a decision when they are terminal
We do this for our pets but not humans.
Thats a horrible disease if a person wants to end the suffering let them and if they need help. Help them
I worked medicine for 35 years. 20 years as a nurse. This man brought forward a very needed conversation, as people live longer and longer, out live their children and in some cases their grandchildren, or suffering daily humiliation of not being able to do the basic tasks of daily living. Others also knowingly facing awful, and i mean awful results of disease, this man gave us back the idea that we have control over our lives and yes our deaths. I believe he's a hero.
What about people with soley a mental health issue? Should they be treated the same and have access to this?
@@TheRealBatCaveIt's stripping them of all hope. The .essence being sent is, "Oh, you feel depressed. That sucks. You'd be better off dead." Truly disgusting.
@moriyarose3587 I kno, and its also a very cheap lazy way to deal with your citizens who have a mental illness, just give them this option.....it's ludicrous, that's what they want up in Canada
@@TheRealBatCave I don't have the answers to everything. But with someone with strictly mental health issues, are they competent to make the decision?
@staceymildon6946 I would say no, no they do not, at least not life and death decisions.
When I first heard about this I was young and thought he was a bad person. But as time has gone by and I've had time to experience agony and suffering; I have the utmost respect for Dr Kevorkian and what he did. I'm a 2 time stage 3 cancer survivor. But if I ever have to go through what my own father did; I'd fly to a country where this is legal.
But you Answered it yourself, you beat cancer. Imagine if someone thought it js better to die than do there best to survive. Only God decide when we die. My own father died in hospital. And we have to agree with his decision to go natural way which is not have medical equipment inside him to keep him alive and be in pain. He died naturally day after he was released at home with us. He didn’t get any assistance from Dr or anything
No! Just no! If people start killing themselves because of pain or illness, EVERYONE that has pain or illness will be EXPECTED to kill themselves. You don’t want to go there in America. Canada has assisted suicide and there have already been people that are in pain that are having their physicians recommending suicide! Just NO!!!
@@shannonhawkins3296, did y'all have a caregiver when he came home? I respect your opinion, but this is my life. We are all sinners, I'll answer on judgment day.
@Shannon Hawkins you're preaching to the choir. I live with extreme chronic pain every damn day of my life and I stand by what I said. It's my body and my choice. And if I wanted the help and was prevented; I'd find a much messier way to do it.
I don't tell other grown adults what they can and can't do with their bodies.
@@heidimedel AMEN.❤
I LOVED Dr. Jack!!!! Just loved him. I have learned sooo much.☑️😇😱😎🎉
Cringe! Do you really think that by saying that, it makes you look edgy and cool? Oh look at me, I like serial killers, I'm so cool. Grow up! Nobody buys your fake attention seeking.
@@Noah-SMCOC You seem a little angry in your reality. My reality is…..nothing wrong with Doctor Jack. He only tired to help humans that WANTED help. Humans are too nosy. Stay away from things you can’t ever understand. 2 each his own brother. I hope you have and receive absolutely everything you want in your world. And….. Thank you for sending me the EDGEY comment. You have straightened me out.Ty🧐🤨😳🙄😱💀
I'm sorry to hear that.
people who never had to deal with chronic severe debilatating pains every second of their life torturously, will never understand how Dr Jack Kevorkian relieved peoples suffering. Plain and simple.experiences with life called wisdom
GREAT MAN 🙏✊️
I believe if you are terminal you should have a choice. It's up to the person that's dying, no one else
That's what hospice is for
Hospice is NOT for allowing the patient to go when and how they want to. Hospice is for trying to relieve the suffering as the patient lays waiting to die. And sometimes, that suffering is not fully relieved.
When my beloved Maine Coon, 18 year old cat named Sabi developed cancer, the vet and I did everything in our power to ensure that my baby had no pain or suffering. And medication helped with that for a while. But when it became apparent that the pain was no longer being kept at bay with any amount of medication and the poor little guy couldn't even eat anymore, I knew I could NOT let him go on this way. I took him to his doctor where I held him and kissed him and thanked him for his friendship while the doctor helped him to cross over. I was devastated but knew I had done the right thing. Everyone told me I did what a loving , caring pet parent should do.....NOT let my pet go on in agony. But what if this were my father who was suffering? Or my mother? Or my child?? What if I took one of them to a doctor who would help them cross over and end their suffering? The doctor and I would be called murderers. Why is it unthinkable that our pets should suffer but our beloved family members have to lay in agony until their body cannot take any more of the ungodly pain and gives up on its own??? Are our pets more deserving of our compassion and empathy?? Are people less worthy of dignity than an animal??
@@toriiacoviello4216one hundred percent correct. As a nurse who worked hospice, I can confirm that many of my patients would have benefited from Dr.Kevorkian’s services.
@@toriiacoviello4216the exact same story for me except mine was a Collie, Maggie. Why can we not give our human family members the same loving and dignified end to suffering? It’s sad and inhumane.
I have pain that sometimes it's
unbearable.
Either we should be allowed to
go somewhere that helps us to
fall asleep and never wake up
OR to have the medication at
hand to decide at home when
we have had enough.
We don't let animals suffer so
please allow humans to go when
they need to put an end to pain.
Good video
Funny how we can make decisions for animals but not humans 🤔 He definitely made a change as his lawyer stated at the end.
All praise to the doctor and his lawyer! The lawyer did a good job representing the Dr!. Good team.
I always Loved You, Dr. Kevorkian and I Thank You for everything you did...
In my eyes he was a good man and I would have wanted him to assist me in ending agonising pain should the need have arisen.
One day this will hopefully be the norm as it is in some parts of the world, ie Austria, Switzerland.
Assisted suicide is legal in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and parts of the United States (Washington DC, Washington state, Oregon, Vermont, California, New Jersey, Colorado, Hawaii, and Maine.)
@@fulanichild3138 I was aware but I just wanted to do a ie. It's good to know the number of countries legalising is increasing.
Unfortunately, Canada has been allowing assisted suicide for those impoverished and mental illness. Its crazy because using a slippery slope argument is a fallacy and yet here we are.
It’s just so awful the suffering people have to endure even at young ages. God, I hate it. Why can’t everyone just live nice healthy lives until like 100 and just die in sleep? 😞
Cuz it's not how life works
Love Ashley’s shows..she rocks
Oh Lord 🙏 Rest In Peace Tom Hyde!💕
I have a friend that was diagnosed with ALS 6 months ago. She is just now beginning to experience difficulty swallowing. It breaks my heart because she is such an incredible person with an amazing soul. I can't even begin to imagine what she must be going through 😔
I watched my aunt slowly die piece by piece from Als. It was hell and many times she asked for help ending her life. He was a hero in my opinion.
@@matiff7163as a nurse in long-term care and hospice, I’ve had so many patients BEG me to end their suffering. And my hands are tied. I can do nothing except ask for more pain medicine and a lot of doctors won’t give it because of the restrictions placed due to the opioid crisis.
I sure wish my grandpa had a choice instead of suffering for long exhausting years I’m sorry I can’t blame this doctor. It’s a person’s choice all these pharmaceutical companies want to do is throw pills down our throats and shots in our arms for what for us to suffer now I hope I go out my way
Let people live and die how they want!
RIP Dr K 💛💙💛💙🙏🌹⚘🌹⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
Because of You, my Dearest Darling stepdad was able to Crossover and Not Suffer Any Longer in hospital.
They Gave him Enough Pain meds to Put him at REST in God's Loving Kingdom 😊
He is Safe and Warm in the Arms of Jesus Christ now.
Eternal Gratitude to Dr Kevorkian, for Changing America into a Compassionate Place to "Cross".
My Family is Eternally grateful 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛🙏🙏🙏
RIP Dr K, and Dad
That's beautiful 🙏
Dr Jack was a hero to many and state should've left him n others who feel like he did alone in my opinion
Life is a sacred gift
I fully agree. This case is sickening.
Jim kirstener from channel 7 action news here in Michigan is absolutely correct! When they’re on morphine and hospice and they hit that too many times like he said is that assisted suicide?😶. Exactly.
HEAVY subject matter 👍
He was also arguably the foremost medical inventor of the 20th century.
And a jazz musician and composer and artist! He was an extraordinary human being.
And now , certain states DO allow doctor assisted deaths. This guy was not a criminal. He understood that people want to die the way they choose to die.... With dignity..... Not die screaming in pain, soiling their pants and just plain suffering.
Exactly I can't blame people for wanting to just painlessly falling asleep over being in extreme pain and spending the rest of your days in diapers and/or vegetative state. I think it's extremely hypocritical how Kevorkian is compared to a serial killer when he's no different than vets who unfortunately have to euthanize their patients bc of a crappy quality of life.
When people are terminally ill and there is nothing that anyone can do I believe it's that person's right to choose whether to continue suffering or to die. You can never understand the suffering that people go through when they are terminally ill. You'd do that to your pet because of your love for them, same goes for a human being who is suffering which has no quality of life any longer.
You are lucky to have a lawyer like this. Makes me shudder to think how many get convicted because, miserably, they don't.
And what do they think Hospice is? It's a LEGAL way to end life. I know (bc I've witnessed) both Mom and Dad in Hospice. I do believe, I have the right to choose my going home. My kids will not go thru what I went thru with both my parents. They didn't want me to take care of them, but, it was my promise and honor to care for them.
Exactly. When my father was dying they made him "more comfortable" basically od'ed him.
@@tmp1111 yep. My Dad went first by Hospice OD. My Mom went naturally after Hospice released her from care, bc I wouldn't give into the OD process, she passed a couple months after she graduated from hospice. 😪❤
Well said.
@@tmp1111 My father as well.
That’s NOT was hospice is. It’s keeping patients comfortable until they reach the end of their natural life. They pass completely on their own- not assisted. At all.
They do not let him help people that decide about theyr life , and all the suffering , but they give death penalty to some one for a crime.......incredible
If someone is really sick and suffering and has no quality of Life and is going to die anyway then what is really the problem here ? I think people should mind there own business and let somethings alone for privacy reasons.
It makes sense that if we put our ailing pets to sleep, someone that is living in NONSTOP never ending pain, why can’t Drs help in ethical suicide. Would they want a family member to help them and have them live with that burden? Of course you would want everything that you could possibly afford and have access to for your loved one or yourself to have a much better existence. And I have dealt with pain personally, pain just every second every minute you’re looking at the clock waiting to take your next pain pill, and that isn’t very fun either when your pain goes away and then the withdrawal from pain medication.
I had a heart attack going thru withdrawl bc my heart couldnt handle both pain & withdrawl. Irony & that costs alot of $ to come back from heaven. I was so mad & didnt want to pay bc I didnt want to leave Paradise bc I was so HAPPY.
He was a true hero. People have the right to choose a death with dignity. We are not asked to come into this world, but we should have the right to be asked when we want to go for good.
First rule of medical care is do no harm.......when you sustain life beyond any return and potential long drawn out pain....at what point are you harming rather than assisting to a peaceful end. Every day doctors give enough pain killer to make this happen at end of life.....he was never wrong!
My mother died from cancer. I thought her “treatment” was painful and terribly invasive. It left her unable to move alone and the closer she got to death she couldn’t even be moved at all because her bones that were left didn’t even support her body. She was in excruciating pain. There is pain that morphine doesn’t relieve.
I cannot explain how bad bedsores can get when you can’t move, turn or shift a dying person’s body. Smelling your loved ones oozing rotting flesh is something that should never be happen. You try everything and nothing works.
As bad as it is for the loved ones I can’t even fathom the horror of being trapped in a body that has turned on you like that. The indignities. The pain. As you lay there virtually rotting while being in unfathomable prolonged suffering.
If we let this happen to our pets it would be considered abusive. We are compassionate enough to ease our pets pain and not prolong their suffering.
I cannot understand why we don’t treat people with such compassion.
Assisted suicide which should probably be renamed to something like compassionate passing should be available to anyone who wants it.
If anyone finds me getting towards anything comparable to my mother’s death, please just shoot me and put me out of my misery. At least show me the compassion that was shown to Old Yeller.
I know of 6 chronic patients who killed themselves since Drs cut back pain meds & 5 were listed as an OD as way of death & 6th dont know yet. They just took mths at 1 time. Friend who had stage 4 cancer & Dr warned him they were addictive so he couldnt give him what he used to. Hospice did & he took chemo to find homes for his pets. Dr Jack is an angel bc quality of life beats pain. I too, am in chronic pain & was in heaven 3× & God evicted me bc I still have something yet to do. Maybe a pain advocate bc its so much easier to get Fentanyl than a script from a Dr. Theyve cut me back & expect me to just be in solidary confinement in bed. I was told women dont need sex like men do also. So humiliating to beg for pain relief. Weed they say will cause me to OD so I get tested for weed. Pharma owns these Drs. If I had Alzheimers or dementia Id so want to take mths supply at once yet Id forget or not know what they r. Id like to get up & brush my teeth or get into bathtub etc. DR JACK IS AN ANGEL bc when u just exist u r no longer living! Locked down for life sucks. Ppl with no disabilities r clueless with his relieving hell from these patients. My 6th friend killed herself bc she got my diagnosis & chose death than be like me. Eating food u hate Im now accustom to but at first Id gag! GOD Bless & Stay Safe & Healthy💜🙏💜
Exactly! and they wonder why people are buying drugs on the street. Maybe if the Dr's and state governments had some empathy people would not have to rely on drug dealers and massive suicide.
You forgot Eminem. He is also from Michigan.
Dr. Kevorkian was a courageous warrior in the fight for the right of a human to choose when and how they die . And to die in comfort and with dignity. The setting could be very different than what it was in the 1990’s. Secrecy and stealth was necessary to avoid arrest for murder. Those who had accepted the truth that they could not be restored to any acceptable level of health had no choice except suicide by their own hand. No comfort, no one to comfort them as their life ceased. Who has the authority to command another person to endure suffering and progressive debilitation ? Apparently other family members can impose their will on the sick by refusing to honor the patient’s end of life directives to be allowed to stop all medical intervention. There are sometimes monetary reasons for a son or daughter to force a parent to go on suffering . As little as a Social Security check is reason enough for some. Dr. Kevorkian did not solicit patients, he made himself available to those seeking help. May your own death come swiftly and without experiencing ongoing pain, sickness, progressive deterioration, confinement to a nursing facility, or having your life extended beyond your ability to endure.
Dr. K is a KIND Human Being❤️
DO NOT PASS JUDGEMENT🇺🇸
I agree with the doctor and his lawyer. People should be able to decide when they have suffered enough. Why should anyone be forced to live in constant pain. I'm in Canada. The government has just made it so you can end your life if you have mental health issues. Not just pain.. if you have any mental health issues you can just say I've had enough. That's a bit too far for me to agree with. But who am I to say about another person's choice. If there has been years of trauma and a constant battle in your head then I do understand.
My hero.
He should never be found guilty. If it’s considered compassionate to euthanize our animals why is it considered murder to help the dying human race ?
Sickening that he spent 8 years locked in a cage.
I agree. He should have been on death row. 8 years is a mockery of justice.
@@moriyarose3587 I don't think that's what he meant .
@@Michelle-yw1lv I know, but it's exactly what **I** meant.
We all deserve the choice on how we want to live or pass. If i was in a medical situation where it would cause me to be in pain and suffering I would want to have that choice to pass with dignity. Im glad I live in a state that allows this to happen. Probably thanks to Doctor Kavorkian.
Funny how YT warns about self harm. I don't see this as suicide I see it as humane. Yet we do put our animals down when we see they are not going to get any better.
This is about human rights and compassion.
He was merciful. Why can animals be put to sleep humanly but people have to starve to death! This is not humainly
That's an excellent point. Your vet would never tell you, "There's nothing more we can do, so just stop feeding him." People would be appalled! How can we do that to humans??
We absolutely treat animals better than we do human beings. We let them go out with dignity and protect them from suffering but it’s illegal for us to give ourselves that same grace. Unreal!
Drs wernt serious about pain management in the 90s, that hasn't changed. I wish I could meet this dr, hes probably dead now, but I wish I could have met him, he would have made a difference in my life thats for sure. I praise him for helping so many people! 🙏💞🙏
He passed in 2011 but I hope someday they will look back at him and know what he hero he was.
😢 every human has the right to choose whether to suffer or not from terminal illness. There are many reasons they saught him out to help them!! I don't think he was evil at all. He was doing a service to those who could not get any other doctor to alleviate their suffering.
I would hope if i had a terminal disease and i had the option to go out on my own terms id need a doctor like Jack Kevorkian. No one wants to live in pain and suffer day in and day out if theres no solution to make them get healthier.
Wouldn't want to be a defence lawyer in a case like this. We all have our own opinions but the law is the law. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
He rests in peace. Hail, kovorkian.
💉👹💉
He is God's angel!😇
He should have kept his lawyer for the last court case.
I recently was getting recurrent bouts of pancreatitis. It was so agonizing, I did not want to live through it. I had never wanted to die until experiencing this level of suffering. I was able to fix it with bile duct stents. However, if I ever developed this again but chronically, and incurable, I hope I can find my Dr. K. It gave me an entirely different perspective.
So let me get this straight…he invented hospice? What’s the crime here?!
And here we are in 2023, and this kind of thing is being praised and being allowed. Not mainstream yet, but they are getting there.
I love FOX Detroit ❤️
I completely support him
I’d want Jeff as my lawyer if i ever needed one.
Dr K 👍 visionary
this is no different than people who have DNR braclets
He was !!
Geof Fieger, he ain’t play’n… he’ll take you down.
I stand by the ability for assisted suicide.
He is not Dr. Death. I call him Dr. Diginity to allow people at the end of their terminal illness to die with diginity.
Thank GOD for Dr. Kevorkian+✌
So many shoulder pads in the early 90's 😂
Does anyone find similarities between Kervorkian and Fauci ?
There's no way I'm representing myself for a Murder Trial... No Way 😬
Well, the doctor who Injected the person who wanted to die is like the same as a doctor injecting a person with death penalty conviction. If we will only see it in one perspective, though. 🤔🤔
All.those names and that's all you could think of.
Why should we as a human not be able to decide when we can't take anymore. We should be able to decide when we go. Only humans want other humans to suffer to stay and suffer.
Its Legal to Murder babies , But not end life suffering. Unless you have watched someone suffer while dying, gasping for air, drowning in there fluids, foam coming out of them, Do NOT say it's wrong to let someone die peacefully. They are kinder to Animals. They need to pass die with dignity in every state already.
So we have enough compassion to put our pets down when we feel they have have suffered enough... Yet we can't seem to be able to do the same for our loved ones.
Dr. Kevorkian was man who had true care , empathy and compassion for those who were suffering daily with a diagnosis that the pain would only get worse until an agonizing death. Instead of many of today's doctors that follow 💲hospital protocol to make the almighty dollar 💲and keep giving medication after medication, procedure after procedure as those who are seriously suffering making the pain and misery unbearable knowing there is no cure or no relief to ever be out of unlivable pain just lingering in daily agony an everyday thinking when will death take me. Dr. Kevorkian is a man who helped so many end their endless suffering with dignity, in a peaceful manor and with dignity. 🕊
I'm sorry, that pig semen bit got me 😂😂😂😂
I agree Its nice to have some comic relief in a documentary this intense.
Only god decides when we should die. It's disgraceful that this goes on
Criminal! Humans are so quick to scream ouch! We think our lives have no meaning beyond our own desires, hence, a self-serving skilled doctor can practice his skill.
BTW, didn't Stephen Hawking have ASL?... For 50 YEARS!!!!!
Best interest....
What does the youth in Asia have to do with this?
It’s always odd to me to know that it’s fine to put animals to sleep for suffering but not human beings. We just give them pain killers and say “Oh well just deal with it until you die.”
The Honorable Judge Liza Minelli presiding
He made his "death machine" with parts from toys he purchased at yard sales.