Dr. Kevorkian

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This paper discusses the rise and fall of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and traces it primarily to two factors: His familial heritage and the condition of being the child of a Holocaust survivor. The paper explores the family issue that combined medicine, a family profession in which Kevorkian was interested, as well as a macabre genre of medicine. The paper examines the psychology of Holocaust survivor children, explaining that this also presents a template on which Kevorkian could construct a helping role that nonetheless offered opportunities to indulge his narcissism.

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"Dr. Jack Kevorkian, also called Dr. Death in the popular press, has lived a life outside the normal bounds of society. Some might call him a hero; others might call him a psychopath. The truth is, of course, that a variety of factors shaped his actions, none of which automatically lead to heroics or psychopathology. In looking at the circumstances of Dr. Kevorkian's early life and family heritage, however, it is not difficult to understand how he embarked on his quest to change the way America looks at and deals with death, particularly death chosen by an individual for himself or herself."

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