You Don't Know Jack Page #2
- Get it out of here.
David, I'm sorry
for this upset.
Man:
Doctor, please.
- 'm sorry.
- Man:
And take that thing with you.Lessenberry:
It took acouple more months,
But the doctors finally did allow him
to be taken off of life support.
And what
a brutal way he went.
- Brutal? - Brutal.
Think about it.
Is it really any different
than what the germans did
- n nazi germany?
- Whoa whoa whoa whoa.
- Hmm?
- Do you want me to print that?
- Print what you want.
- We're talking about hospitals,
- Not nazis.
- Well, they do the same thing...
Starving people to death.
They cut off their feeding
And their water
and they let them die.
And it's all legal.
The United States supreme
court has validated
The nazi method
of execution.
( lessenberry laughs
) excuse me.
You- You obviously don't
approve of the current method.
No, I don't.
Do you?
Starving people to death?
No, I don't think so.
It's inhumane.
If a person's
allowed to die,
Then you inject them-
painlessly, quickly.
You don't let them
wither away.
It's inconceivable.
It's unspeakable.
What would you charge
for this procedure?
You don't charge people
For mething like this, Mr.
Lessenberry.
What's wrong with you?
You- You've really got
some story here, doc.
Don't be surprised if this
gets picked up nationally.
Is your turkey okay?
I don't like fat.
( knocks on door )
Selfish bastard.
You hog all the ink in
the detroit papers,
Now you're in "newsweek"
And there's
nothing about me.
- Oh.
- What about me?
Look at this.
Man.
"blunt and feisty, he's
the first american doctor
To advocate
physician-assisted suicide."
They're gonna have to
take me seriously now.
- You're not a local quack anymore.
- No no.
- You're america's quack.
- America's quack!
- ( laughs )
- Look at this.
You earned it.
Congratulations.
- Neal, congratulations.
- "newsweek" magazine.
So how are
we gonna celebrate?
Uh, you want
a glass of water?
- Yeah, that'd be great.
- Great!
Jack:
So when wereyou first diagnosed
With alzheimer's, mrs.
Adkins?
Mrs. Adkins:
About ayear ago I think.
It was
three years ago now.
Oh.
And what did your doctor say
- When he told you?
- Well, it was like a bomb.
He said
she had alzheimer's
And it'd come to a point
Where she wouldn't
be able to...
( cries )
( exhales deeply )
- There is-- - ...D
ress herself.
She wouldn't be able
to take a bath.
Jack:
What-- what are some ofthe other fears you have?
That I wouldn't know
that this is my husband
And my children,
Or "who am I?
"
Jack:
You're sensingthe loss of things.
Loss loss
loss loss loss.
So let's talk
about that if you could.
What happened today,
for instance?
- What happened today? - You tell me.
I don't even know what happened today.
She went out
into the yard and then--
What I could see was
She stood there
in the yard
And I could see
from behind her
That she didn't know
where she was.
She didn't know
to turn around,
That was the bacdoor
of the hwuse.
She didn't know that that was the
gate to go out to the street.
She just-- she didn't
know what to do.
Jack:
Mm-hmm.
I don't remember.
Jack on tv:
When Italked to your doctor--
First of all, he would
hardly speak with me.
But when he did,
What your doctor was trying
to communicate to me
Was that you're not
imminently terminal.
- Do you understand?
- Yes, I--I-- I understand.
- And I understand-- - margo:
Should I make some tea for us?
- Jack?
- Thats frightening.
- Jack, do you want some tea?
- If I don't make this decision right now,
I'll never be able to.
Margo, I don't know
what we're doing.
Look at her.
Look at her.
She looks well to me.
She looks
quite capable, no?
She's not
the right one.
But she has the right.
As a patient,
It's her choice.
I refuse to die
a slow death.
Margo:
Come on, jack.You know how things are gonna be perceived.
- I don't care.
- The media's gonna all over it.
- I know. - You're gonna
have to tell her yes.
- I know.
- You have to be strategic.
Margo, what do we
care about the media?
Who cares?
Look.
Sometimes in life
There are strategies
that you have to take,
Because we have to be very
careful about our purpose.
- Our purpose is important.
- Well, what about her?!
Who cares
what people think?
It's what
my patient feels.
She doesn't know each day
what she's gonna find
When she looks
in the mirror.
She doesn't know if she's gonna
see herself there anymore.
This is her terror.
This is what she goes through,
day in and day out.
The terror of being...
Lost.
- Jack.
- She's running out of time.
I understand that.
Look at me.
If it was me,
if I was her,
If I was in the same
situation, would you do it?
- You, margo?
- Yes, me, margo.
- Would you do it for me?
- Of course I'd do it. Yes
- You would do it?
You know that? - Sure.
If I saw the same look of
determination in your eyes
As I saw in hers,
of course I'd do it.
No question about it.
My own sister--
in truth, I'd do it.
- You'd do it?
- Mm-hmm.
That's your answer.
Yeah, I know.
I just wanted to work
this through, you know?
Just go through
the variables.
- Mrs. Adkins:
"who am I?" - jack on tv:
And you're aware of your decision?- Mrs. Adkins:
Yes.- Let 'em come after me.
Let 'em come after
a real physician.
Mrs. Adkins:
...The end of my life.
us some tea right now.
Make it strong,
will you?
- Margo:
Yeah. - Jack on tv: ...The word for "the end of life."
- Death.
- Margo:
By the way...Jack on tv:
Thisis what you wish?
- Yes. Yes, I do. - ...
Where are we gonna do this?
Woman:
Some people think webrew up poisonous potions
Like witches
from gallows hill.
Others think it's "take
two hemlock pills
And meet your maker
in the morning."
Well, surprise surprise--
There's no such thing
as a hemlock pill.
We offer assistance
And advanced directives,
D.N.R.
S-- "do not resuscitate"--
Wills, hospice care,
But we do not
dispense drugs,
We do not pull plugs.
We started this chapter
because we believe
That to each person, their
own way of death...
With dignity.
Jack:
Oh, miss good,
I can carry
that for you.
That would've been nice, dr.
Kevorkian,
But it's a little late
now, don't you think?
And it's "missus.
"
- Missus?
- Yup.
Oh.
Good.
So-- so you know
who I am?
What do I look like,
June cleaver?
What can
I do for you?
Well, uh...
I, umm--
I have
my first patient,
- But what I don't have...
- Is a place.
- Yes. - And you'd
like to use my home?
- ( engine starts )
- well, no.
I thought
you would know a place,
But if I could use your home,
that would be just fine.
- Sure. - Well, if you're
gonna come to my home,
You're gonna have to
dress more cheerfully.
( clacks )
If you've never actually
tested that before,
How do you know
it's gonna work?
Because I made it.
I wish you had a stronger
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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