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Jack Kevorkian

Belgium Twin Brothers Die by Euthanasia -- Assisted Suicide Should Be Legal in America

Steve Siebold | Posted 03.18.2013 | Politics
Steve Siebold

The states have the power to allow and regulate assisted suicide or to prohibit it, and with enough pressure from critical thinkers we will someday have the freedom to end our lives with dignity. If enough critical thinkers band together, someday we'll be able to live and die on our own terms.

Disappointed in Dr. Phil

Joni Eareckson Tada | Posted 07.25.2012 | Media
Joni Eareckson Tada

This week I am going to be adding my signature to a letter being sent to Dr. Phil McGraw from a coalition of disabilities organizations and individual...

Kevorkian Suicide Machine, Paintings, Put On Auction Block

AP | Posted 12.28.2011 | Home

NEW YORK — A suicide machine belonging to Dr. Jack Kevorkian was withdrawn Friday from an auction of the assisted-suicide advocate's possessions...

Michael McLaughlin

Fight To The Death Over Jack Kevorkian's Art Erupts

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 12.20.2011 | Weird News

Dr. Death's controversies won't die. Jack Kevorkian, the pathologist at the center of a legal storm for assisting terminally ill patients with comm...

Jack Kevorkian's Estate, And Museum Fight For Dr. Death Art

AP | RODRIQUE NGOWI | Posted 12.19.2011 | Weird News

BOSTON — The Armenian Library and Museum of America is refusing to surrender 17 paintings and other artwork by assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jac...

'Dr. Death' Art, Belongings To Be Sold

AP | By JEFF KAROUB | Posted 11.30.2011 | Arts

DETROIT -- Paintings, writings and the iconic blue sweater of assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian are going up for auction, his attorney and clos...

To Kevork Or Not To Kevork, That Is The Question

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 09.12.2011 | Religion
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

In the next 20 years, I imagine we will witness the options for end of life choice and control expand for those facing chronic or terminal illness, pain, meaninglessness and even boredom.

Thanks To Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 08.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

I believe that he should actually be thanked because Dr. Kevorkian raised the awareness that we don't do dying well, particularly when people are suffering and in physical pain.

Thank You, Dr. Kevorkian

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.14.2011 | Politics
Diane Dimond

My family didn't always have deep discussions but we talked openly about death -- thanks to Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

The Choice To End All Choices

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 08.14.2011 | Religion
Sister Mary Ann Walsh

The dying deserve choices in everything from choice of care to choice of where to receive it. Whether to pray or sit quietly. Whether to have visitors. Whether to see a spiritual guide.

Both Sides Now: Weiner Dem Headache -- Medicare GOP Migraine? Who Is Jon... Huntsman?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 06.12.2011 | Politics
HuffPost Radio

2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpgRon Reagan and Kellyanne Conway debate whether pols or voters should decide Weiner's fate and whether Ryan's Medicare Plan could give Dems back the House?

Reflections On Jack Kevorkian: Who Owns Death?

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 08.04.2011 | Healthy Living
Janice Van Dyck

There's something about assisted dying that still makes a lot of people squirm. With Dr. Kevorkian's death, I think it's time for us to take that bogeyman out of the closet.

What Dr. Kevorkian Was Really Like

RoyalOak Patch | Judy Davids & Brittney Moody | Posted 08.04.2011 | Healthy Living

The restaurants, shops and library that Kevorkian frequented say they will miss the quirky, understated gentleman who called Royal Oak home....

PHOTOS: Art By The Late Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Posted 08.03.2011 | Arts

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is famous for his beliefs on physician-assisted suicide and his subsequent trial and incarceration. He is less known, however, for ...

RIP Jack Kevorkian: Pioneer, Zealot, Dramatic Foil

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics
Scott Swenson

His message was simple: in an increasingly mechanized and technological age, modern medicine is trapping many sick people in a life of suffering and torture that can be alleviated if they choose.

Assisted Suicide Advocate Jack Kevorkian Dies At Age 83

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.03.2011 | Healthy Living

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial assisted suicide advocate, has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83. Kevorkian's attorney and fri...

Jack Kevorkian Hospitalized With Kidney Problems

AP | Posted 07.19.2011 | Healthy Living

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- A lawyer says assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian is in a Detroit-area hospital with pneumonia and kidney problems. Mayer (M...

Suicide Dreams

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Patrick Takahashi

I had the most incredible dream recently. It is rare for me to actually remember a dream. This one lasted for what seemed like hours, and I can still vividly recall details.

Assisted Suicide: Jack Kevorkian's Legacy and Where We Stand Today

David Casarett, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
David Casarett, M.D.

The suffering and loss of dignity that are so central to the Kevorkian/Levinson view of serious illness aren't inevitable. Although you'd never know it from this film, there are alternatives to Kevorkian's death machine.

Kevorkian Tells Gupta 'Death With Dignity' Laws Don't Go Far Enough, Doctors Should Administer Life-Ending Drugs

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Dr. Jack Kevorkian believes laws that allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives by taking prescribed lethal doses of medicine are wrong because t...

Rick Died As He Requested: And I Was There

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Lea Lane

The HBO special "You Don't Know Jack," with Al Pacino as Dr. Kevorkian, brings to mind my own experience with assisted suicide.

You Still Won't Know Jack

Lewis M. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lewis M. Cohen

Hollywood is masterful at both humanizing and capturing our sympathies for brave revolutionaries, but Kevorkian is not one of those champions.

A Nuanced Look at How We Die

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Michael Sigman

As medical technology continues to improve, it is more and more absurd to insist that everyone suffering the end stages of terminal diseases must be kept alive regardless of their wishes.

'Youth In Revolt': Will The Movie Live Up To The Book?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Barbara Vancheri | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

[Cera] knows fans of the franchise may be buoyed and bothered by changes to the 500-page book. "I think they'll be hopefully delighted by the amount ...

Sleepless Supernova: Propofol Lullabies In Neverland

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Qanta Ahmed, MD

That an anesthesiologist could be on tour with Michael administering propofol is both baffling and repugnant. The King of Pop was effectively anaesthetized every night, while our profession was asleep at the wheel.