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	<description>Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society &#38; author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years</description>
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		<title>No evidence helium tanks have been adulterated</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/01/28/no-evidence-helium-tanks-have-been-adulterated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After researching the development and use of the helium self-deliverance method for five years as NuTech&#8217;s unofficial historian, I can assure readers of this blog of two things with certainty: 1. The &#8220;party balloon kit&#8221; helium tanks contain 100.00% helium, with no other gases. 2. Misstatements to the contrary have no basis whatsoever in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Canadians support assisted suicide, poll finds</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/30/most-canadians-support-assisted-suicide-poll-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least two-thirds of Canadians support assisted suicide, according to a Forum Research poll for the National Post. The poll found 67 per cent of Canadians favor legalizing doctor-assisted suicide of terminally ill patients. In Ontario only 60 per cent of residents agreed. The poll shows support is highest among men and respondents under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When and whether to escape the tragedy of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/27/when-and-whether-to-escape-the-tragedy-of-alzheimers-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[************************************************** To view Derek Humphry&#8217;s opinion on Alzheimers Disease and the possibility of self-deliverance from it, visit this site on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFinalExit#p/a/u/0/_jHcVEhZc_Y Four minutes long &#8211; &#8220;The Tragic Dilemma of Alzheimer&#8217;s&#8221; ****************************************************]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia does not criminalize physician-assisted suicide provided it is not publicized</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/06/georgia-does-not-criminalize-physician-assisted-suicide-provided-it-is-not-publicized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QUIETLY, GEORGIA BECOMES FOURTH STATE TO LEGALIZE PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE By Robert Rivas, General Counsel, Final Exit Network, Tallahassee, Florida ATLANTA, Georgia — Without fanfare, Georgia has become the fourth state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the attorney general of Georgia disclosed in a brief before the Supreme Court of Georgia. Until now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of new pamphlet on how to make a helium hood kit yourself</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/07/launch-of-new-pamphlet-on-how-to-make-a-helium-hood-kit-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How To Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit Information for competent adults who are terminally or hopelessly ill and wish to die 2011 Addendum to Chapter 23 of Final Exit book &#038; Final Exit on DVD By Derek Humphry Published October 2011 10 Pages • PDF * Price: $5.00 Available ONLY through the ERGO Bookstore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch doctors&#8217; group urges wider reasons for euthanasia</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/09/dutch-doctors-group-urges-wider-reasons-for-euthanasia/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/09/dutch-doctors-group-urges-wider-reasons-for-euthanasia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new position paper just published by the Dutch Physicians Association (KNMG) says unbearable and lasting suffering should not be the only criteria physicians consider when a patient requests euthanasia. The KNMG says the new guidelines will clarify the responsibilities, possibilities and limitations that physicians have within the regulations of the 2002 euthanasia law (Termination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Britain allowed assisted suicide for the dying, says expert</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/30/time-britain-allowed-assisted-suicide-for-the-dying-says-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terminally ill patients should receive medical help to commit suicide if they want to die, a [UK] government adviser has said. Martin Green, a social care expert for the Department of Health, said those who were physically unable to end their own lives were being deprived of &#8220;choice&#8221; and &#8220;autonomy&#8221; in Britain where assisted suicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poet writes of his life and death</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/18/poet-writes-of-his-life-and-death/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/18/poet-writes-of-his-life-and-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Barkley writes to ERGO: I&#8217;m an author and someone living with a critical illness. I&#8217;ve recently written a poem in support of &#8216;dignity in dying&#8217;. Ode to Life &#8211; TIME Life is retiring me, how am I to cope? Futile now it seems, my last lifeline of hope What is to become of me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss government sticks with assisted suicide laws</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/29/swiss-government-sticks-with-assisted-suicide-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/29/swiss-government-sticks-with-assisted-suicide-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Swiss government has dropped a plan to impose stricter rules for assisted suicide. Switzerland has long permitted “passive assisted suicide,” where someone can give another person the means to kill themselves provided the helper doesn’t personally benefit from the death. The government said Wednesday that existing laws provide enough safeguards to prevent abuse without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The use of helium hood kits is defended</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/28/the-use-of-helium-hood-kits-is-defended/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/28/the-use-of-helium-hood-kits-is-defended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTERS IN AN EDITOR’S MAILBAG Published in the Eugene Register-Guard, Oregon, Jun 28, 2011 Right-to-die is gaining ground The Oregon Legislature has taken a backhoe to crush a hen’s egg in the case of the helium hood kits for sale. Dozens of Oregonians have already stocked up with their kits. What the legislators, the FBI [...]]]></description>
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