Crime of Compassion

“The Verdict” is a movie that deals with medical and legal ethics. Frank Gavin is an alcoholic who hasn’t won any of his cases in the past three years. Mickey, his former partner, gives him a medical malpractice case that is sure to settle for a large amount of money. The case of Deborah Ann Kay, a mother who was given anesthetic when she had just eaten inhaled her vomit and is now in a coma. The Donaheys, her sister and brother in law are hoping for a good settlement and Frank assures them that they have a strong case. While the case is going on he meets Laura, a woman at a bar who he falls in love with. Frank goes to visit Deborah Ann Kay in the hospital and is affected by her condition. He meets with the defendants who run the

On March 13th, 1964, in New York, a young woman by the name of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was just coming home from her late shift at work. It’s three a.m., and as she’s walking to her apartment building, she notices a suspicious, hooded man some distance away. Rightfully concerned, she goes to the phone booth, aiming to call the police, but never makes it in time. She’s stabbed in the back, and then in her gut. When her screams cause the neighbors to turn the lights on, all they do

I believe Anna was right to listen to Kate because she passed away knowing that she was not going to live and was not going to be put someone’s life in danger to save her own. I believe what she did was right because Anna was brought into the world to be a genetic match for her older sister, Kate, who suffers from acute leukemia. Her sister's dependency on her, Anna was unable to live the life she wants. Anna in and out of the hospital constantly, she cannot take part in extracurricular activities such as cheerleading or soccer. Knowing that she will have to donate one of her kidneys to her sister, Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Believing that she would not survive the surgery, Kate wants to die. Anna wins the case, and due to her sister's wishes does not donate her kidney. In conclusion , it shows that Anna not only fulfilled her sisters wishes, but also stood up for herself because she did not want to go under the knife, and go through a painful process not knowing what could possibly happen to her. It not only shows a symbolic sisters role, but also elaborates on equality for justice, and personally rights. Therefore, I do believe what she did for herself and her sister was the right thing to do because she did not deserve to go through such a difficult

O’Brien was confused about death when his girlfriend died, he felt so strongly for her even at a young age. He would daydream about her and this kept her alive in his mind. He realized that storytelling and imagination could keep the dead alive. The way he deals with her death helps him to deal with death during Vietnam and later the stories help him to deal with the difficulties he’s had in life.

n. They also use the term “I and I” instead of “We” to emphasize the equality between all people, in the belief that the Holy Spirit within all people is what makes us all the same.

The author’s explanation of the action of the grandmother in end of the story is not persuasive. O’Connor states that “in this story you should be on the lookout for such things as the action of grace in the Grandmother’s soul, and not for the dead bodies” (CRI). The author is saying that the readers should understand the changing in the Grandmother's mind. However, she does not make it clear in

The dilemma for ethics committees brought up by the story of Patrick is a question of how much is too much. As technologies in the medical field continue to advance, people can live substantially longer lives, but are they lives worth living? Some people, like Patrick, don’t think being paralyzed is a quality of life worth living. Others, like Armando, refuse to be made DNR and cling to life even if it consists of communicating by blinking of the eye. The questions raised in this book are awful decisions that nobody should ever have to make. Whatever the committees and doctors choose to do can keep patients alive and allow them to have a low quality of live, be in constant pain and be a burden to society, or keep a terminally ill patient comfortable until he or she has said their good-byes and let nature take its course.

Not only is she alone but her health is not good as well; she had hip fracture that has slowed her down, and a heart attack, which caused her to have a pacemaker implanted. In this case, the pacemaker is keeping her heart at the rhythm of 100% pace and without it she would not be able to live. This is when she decides that she wants to die and purses her case.

want to be touched. The last reason is she took a chance for her life to get her father out of

So she obtains the case files and wants to get Helen’s opinion on the case. At first Helen is reluctant to help because as M.J. Monaham starts to

They got into a car accident on the way over which leads to her coma and the death of her mom, dad, and brother. This is a significant change because she has to make many decisions for herself: should she die or should she continue to live her life. There were many results of this change such as her relatives and close friends visiting her constantly, staying with her family that is still alive, and having different surgeries. Many of Mia’s family and friends visit her while she’s in the hospital bed. “I have quite the crowd now. Gran and Gramps. Uncle Greg. Aunt Diane. Aunt Kate. My cousins Heather and John and David. Dad is one of five kids, so there are still lots more relatives out there” (62). Everyone is in the hospital for Mia because they care about her and she knows that they’re fighting for her which makes her want to fight to stay too. Mia’s little brother, Teddy, was at a different hospital than her which is why everyone was there at once. She knows she has to stay with her family and friends that she still has with her instead of leaving them and choosing to die. “‘Stay.’ With that one word, Adam’s voice catches, but he swallows the emotion and pushes forward” (230). Other family members want her to stay with them because they all love her very much and Mia has to have many different surgeries because she has a lot of injuries. They want to give her confidence during the surgeries. Another major effect of the accident was the abundance of surgeries.“There are a lot of things wrong with me. Apparently, I have a collapsed lung. A ruptured spleen. Internal bleeding of unknown origin. And most serious, the contusions on my brain. I’ve also got broken ribs. Abrasions on my legs, which will require skin grafts; and on my face, which will require cosmetic surgery - but, as the doctor's note, that is only if I’m lucky” (40). Since

Although there is an element of tragedy to her death, we could also interpret her death—as an end to her repressed life. What she failed to achieve in her life, she did so in her death. She is now free and no longer subject to the repressive will of her husband. But could this be interpreted as some act of courage on her part? To the contrary, she chose a way out that

Linda represents elements of the past that can be brought back through imagination and storytelling. Linda, a classmate of O’Brien’s who died of a brain tumor in the fifth grade, symbolizes O’Brien’s faith that storytelling is the best way for him to negotiate pain and confusion, especially the sadness that surrounds death. Linda was O’Brien’s first love and also his first experience with death’s senseless arbitrariness. His retreat into his daydreams after her funeral provided him unexpected relief and rationalization. In his dreams, he could see Linda still alive, which suggests that through imagination—which, for O’Brien, later evolves into storytelling—the dead can continue to live.

In this scene where Kate is ready to die and relive every moment of your life and the beautiful moments that happened to his family. Also when she was counted as his love and Taylor as suffered by the death of his first love. Also explains that she is upset because her parents are using Anna trying to save her and that's what hurts most. However we parents are not ready to let go of Kate and feel the need to continue the fight against cancer. Anna who is helping her sister to survive no longer wants to continue grasping because she wants to live his life as everyone else. She wants to do things knowing if he donates his kidney to his sister will not be able to do to do such as pregnant in her entire

Furthermore, the last two stanzas are more personal in the sense of how the narrator speaks. The word “we” is used many times in these last two stanzas, more than the first three. In all five of the stanzas, the word “we” was used as the authors way of