Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on May 27th, 2016
A few interesting sites relevant to right-to-die to view this weekend: At this website you can now read summaries of all the papers delivered at the conference earlier in May in Amsterdam of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies: http://www.worldrtd.net/conference/amsterdam … Final Exit Network’s most recent video is now available on YouTube. In […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide on May 9th, 2016
If you already have ‘Final Exit’ 3rd edn. in paperback, there is now a 2016 Addendum. Send $5 for print copy: ERGO, 24829 Norris Lane, Junction City, OR 97448 This Addendum is already included in the Ebook version. Download at www.finalexit.org/ergo-store
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Living Will, Nembutal, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Seconal, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Apr 28th, 2016
“Final Exit†has been updated for 2016. The ebook download version is fully updated at the ERGO Bookstore www.finalexit.org/ergo-store The paperback when ordered from ERGO Bookstore now has a printed Addendum 2016 included with all copies. (The above updates are not available with Amazon.com purchases.) If you have ‘Final Exit’ already and want the updates, […]
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 References to ‘Final Exit’ book in TV and pop culture  Arsenio Hall on his late night CBS TV show did a sketch about people being unable to return ‘Final Exit’ to their local library because they were no longer alive. Libraries were complaining that they had to keep buying the book to meet […]
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Pharmaceutical Companies Hiked Price on Aid in Dying Drug By Katie Orr, March 22, 2016, KQED News When California’s aid-in-dying law takes effect this June, terminally ill patients who decide to end their lives could be faced with a hefty bill for the lethal medication. It retails for more than $3,000. Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the company […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Mar 4th, 2016
HOW IT’S DONE IN SWITZERLAND I have detected a good deal of misunderstanding of how the Swiss organizations handle assisted suicide. How are the drugs administered and why does it cost $10,000? So I asked Dr Michael Irwin, a retired UK doctor who has considerable experience in Switzerland, to explain the procedures and methods. Dr […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Feb 17th, 2016
You probably saw this in Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. Interesting that Final Exit included in the 5 most significant books in the last 50 years on the subject: ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More By ANDREW SOLOMON FEB. 8, 2016 Death goes in and out of fashion. The topic lingers […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Feb 17th, 2016
The program on international euthanasia which the VICE organization has been making for the last year will appear on HBO this Friday evening, February 19, 2016 VICE airs on Friday nights at 11:00 PM ET/PT immediately following Real Time with Bill Maher. Some HBO channels at 8.30 pm. TITLE : The Right to Die From […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Living Will, Mexico, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Seconal, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jan 27th, 2016
From today, there is an updated edition of Final Exit ebook to mark its 25 years in print. Final Exit ‘Digital Edition’ v.3.2 (eBook) The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society • v.3.2 – Revised 3rd edition / 25th Anniversary Edition • eBook PDF […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law on Jan 22nd, 2016
DutchNews NL reported 20 January 2016: Euthanasia requests for severe dementia patients rejected None of the 26 requests for euthanasia for people with very severe dementia made to a special Dutch clinic were carried out, according to a report in medical magazine Medisch Contact. Between January 1 2012 and May 1 2015, official guardians made […]
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