VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

doing something about achieving a good death. (Jeans Way) The Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO!) is dedicated to the vie"The time has come to smash the last irrational and most fearsome taboo of planned death-and thereby to open the floodgates of equally momentous benefit for mankind." (Kevorkian File) The word 'euthanasia' comes from the Greek -- Eu, "good", and Thanatos, "death". Literally, "good death". But the word 'euthanasia' has acquired a more complex meaning. …

…a series of strokes and also has Alzheimer's disease. He does not remember me, lives in a nursing home and has to be totally taken care of. Euthanasia, to me, is a very viable means of ending suffering, from terminal illnesses and conditions like my grandfathers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** WORKS CITED Helms, Matt. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Prescription: Medicide. Free Press Nov. 1998 Jeans Way. <http://www.island.net.com/deathnet>. Kevorkian File. <http://www.rights.org/deathnet>.