It's emotionalism. You know, when heart transplants first started... there was the same...
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Jack Kevorkian:
It's emotionalism. You know, when heart transplants first started... there was the same prevalent feeling, I mean, even among doctors... that it was wrong, it was contrary to God's will, contrary to nature. Isn't it ghoulish to rip a person's chest open and take out a heart? Or a bypass operation? Ether is the same thing. You have ether, been around for centuries, it wasn't used. Not till 1846. It was discovered in 1543... and before that, everybody was being operated on while they were awake. Surgeons were cutting them open while they were awake. Did you know that, Geoff?
Geoffery Fieger:
No.
Jack Kevorkian:
On, yes. And you know why it was banned? Because of religious dogma. Because of the foolish notion... that there's a God Almighty who wills us to suffer.
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You're aware that people
think you are a ghoul?
It's emotionalism.
When heart transplants
first started,
There was the same
prevalent feeling,
Even among doctors,
that it was wrong.
It was contrary to god's will,
Contrary to nature.
Isn't it ghoulish to rip
A person's chest open
And take out a heart,
Or a bypass opation?
Ether is the same thing.
You have ether,
been around for centuries-
It wasn't used,
Not till 1846.
It was discovered in 1543,
and before that
Everybody was being operated
on while they were awake!
Surgeons were cutting them
open while they were awake.
Did you know that, Geoff?
- No. - Oh, yes.
And you know why it was banned?
Because of religious dogma.
Because of the foolish notion
That there's a god almighty
who wills us to suffer.
Do you turn patients down?
I turn- 97% to 98%
Of the patients who contact me,
I turn them down.
Should there be second opinions?
Always a second opinion.
A third opinion.
- But there wasn't in your case.
- No, there wasn't,
Because no one cooperates with me.
What do you say to people who say,
"dr. Kevorkian,
you are playing god"?
I say to them,
"so what? "
When a doctor gives you a pill,
he's playing god
Because he's interfering
with your natural process.
All doctors believe they're god.
They shouldn't, but they do.
But I prefer that than the doctors
Who are more interested
in their stock portfolios
Than they are in their patients.
Did you see the way
she looked at you?
She probably thought
I was unattainable.
She was very smitten.
- I knew I
should've called her Barbara.
- Coffee?
- Yeah.
- Decaf?
- No no, decaf's for cowards.
The autopsy proved that Mrs.
Wantz had
No anatomical evidence of disease
in her entire body.
It was all in her head
and he knows it.
And Mrs. Miller, although
she had a terrible disease,
Clip duration: 132 seconds
Views: 232
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 13 December, 2020
Genres: drama, tv movie
Summary: Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
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00:51 The lingering of death
00:17 You wanna glass of water
01:14 I will not presume
01:32 That was the good news
00:17 I'm going to kick your ass 'til my legs fall off
04:42 You invited yourself here to make a final stand
00:34 Have you no religion
00:46 Because It's my name
02:12 It's emotionalism