Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 19th, 2010
A maker of Darvon and Darvocet has agreed to take the products off the market because the drugs increase the risk for serious abnormal heart rhythms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. Darvon, which contains the active ingredient propoxyphene, has been on the U.S. market for more than 50 years and was developed by […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 28th, 2010
ERGO now has a website where librarians can order their free copy of ‘Final Exit’
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 23rd, 2010
Sometimes doctors in America will prescribe a fast-acting barbiturate like Nembutal and Seconal for an end-stage terminal patient. Then these patients often have difficulty finding a pharmacist who will fill the script. Pharmacists frequently claim that they are no longer manufactured so that they don’t have to take the risk of being connected to a […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Jun 1st, 2010
FEAR FACTORY’s latest radio single, “Final Exit”, made impact at hard rock/metal stations nationwide. The song is expected to follow the success of earlier singles “Powershifter” and “Fear Campaign”. Lyrically, “Final Exit” draws attention to the much criticized and sensitive issue of self-deliverance as introduced in the 1992 book** by Derek Humphry, founder of the […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 14th, 2010
Final Exit 3rd edition 2010 Updated in paperback and eBook PDF format (‘Digital Edition’) Announcing the new updated printing of ‘Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying’ by Derek Humphry. Now in print for its 20th year, this volume remains the gold standard for choice in dying books. Final Exit […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 21st, 2010
PRESS RELEASE by Candlelight Records, 20 April 2010: FEAR FACTORY TO START SECOND LEG OF AMERICAN TOUR MID-MAY Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Fear Factory are set to kick off the second leg of their American Fear Campaign tour on May 14 at The Rialto Theater in Tucson, Arizona. The tour, also featuring Prong, and Thy Will Be […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Living Will, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 8th, 2010
Go to this link to see an announcement of an interesting new book which deals with hastened death by choice and its impact on the whole family. ‘Imperfect Endings: A daughter’s tale of life and death’ by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter. Worth reading. Copy and paste this URL to see the publisher’s blurb. http://books.simonandschuster.com/Imperfect-Endings/Zoe-FitzGerald-Carter/9781439148242
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 17th, 2010
Re Newsweek article on Dr Larry Egbert in which a lawyer said this “The idea of someone gagging to death in a helium-filled hood is “ghoulish and frightening,” says Kathryn Tucker, legislative director for Compassion & Choices. Which brought this response: I, as an Exit member since 2005, found that article very disturbing. I can […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 3rd, 2010
This is an extract from a very interesting article in the March issue of ‘Atlanta’ magazine which is well worth reading. Extract: If the right-to-die movement has a bible, it would be a 220-page book first published in 1991 and now in its third edition. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 18th, 2009
Time was when right-to-die groups were looked to for help exclusively by terminally ill, and sometimes hopelessly ill, persons. But nowadays with our greater public visibility, credibility and legislative progress, many mentally ill persons are approaching us expecting positive help.
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