Using the Youk-Kevorkian case to teach about euthanasia and other end-of-life issues.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's actions have generated much controversy and press coverage during the past decade. His appearance on a nationally televised newsprogram with a videotape showing him deliberately causing the death of a man led to his imprisonment. This article discusses how Kevorkian's euthanasia case can be used to teach undergraduate students about end-of-life issues, especially psychosocial aspects of the debate over hastened death.