Jack Kevorkian

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years old and lived in a wealthy Oregon suburb with her stock broker husband, Ron. She was also the mother of three sons, taught English and piano, went hang gliding, trekked in Nepal, climbed Mount Hood, and generally behaved with a lot of energy (Gutmann 20). She and her husband were longtime Hemlock society members, which advocates Euthanasia in some cases (Betzold 22). �Doctors at a Portland hospital told her that eventually she would be dependent on her husband for feeding and bathing� (Gutmann 21). She did not want to take her own life in case she messed it up, and her own doctors wouldn�t help her (Hendin , �Seduced by Death� 132). Though she was still able to carry on clear conversations and demolish her son at tennis; her husband explained that if she was going to go, she�d probably want to go to soon rather than to late (Gutmann 21). After hearing about Kevorkian, Ron Adkins contacted him to employ his services (Wolfson 56). Her husband complained to Dr. ...

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her on another piece of paper how to form the cursive letter �A,� and Janet complied (Wolfson 56).
He then asked her questions from behind a camera in a pre-death consultation. She frequently had to turn to Ron for help with the answers (Betzold 22).

He asked her, �What are you asking for? Can you put it in plain words?�

�I don't know,� Janet Adkins replied.

�Do you want to go on?�

�No, I don�t want to go on.�

�You don�t want to go on living?�

�I don�t.�

�What�s the word for that?�

�Euthanasia?�

�No. What is the word for the end of life? What happens when you stop living?�

�You�re dead.�

�Is that what you wish?�

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