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Jake Kevorki A Case Study

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In 1994, medical practitioner Jake Kevorkian was indicted on two counts of murder for assisting in the deaths of Sherry Miller and Marjorie Wantz. Sherry Miller and Marjorie Wantz were two older women who suffered from medical conditions which caused great pain making them severely disabled. Dr Jake Kevorkian created The "Thanatron" also known as The Suicide Machine which consisted of three bottles that delivered consecutive doses of fluids; first a harmless saline solution, followed by a painkiller, and then finally a fatal dose of potassium chloride. Patients with terminal illness who wanted to end their lives sought out the help of Dr. Kevorkian to help them achieve a painless and easy death. One day, Kevorkian planned to use his “suicide
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