Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 3rd, 2007
If one purchases a helium pack for future rather than immediate use, I should think it would be important to know what the shelf life of the helium in the tanks is. Perhaps one would be advised instead to wait and buy a pack when the need is more immediate. However, with increasing awareness by […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 1st, 2007
QUESTION: Following up on the recent post about using panettone bags, I remembered that some time ago there was discussion about which kind of helium tank to buy; one was not advised due to a problem in the delivery, whereas the other was all right. Would someone kindly remind me how to identify the satisfactory […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 25th, 2007
Last week a prominent Canadian television company showed a program on the Dignitas organization in Switzerland. As this station also reaches many viewers in the USA, it has aroused a lot of interest and inquiries, so we are repeating this informational message about Dignitas. PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR THE TERMINALLY OR HOPELESSLY ILL, COMPETENT, ADULT PERSON […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 20th, 2007
It might be wise, if a person is contemplating using the ‘helium hood method’ for self-deliverance from an unbearable terminal illness one day in the future, to purchase two tanks now. Helium is becoming in short supply, partly because of increased worldwide demand, and its more frequent use by industry. For example, I am told […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 11th, 2007
Karen Stern’s Final Exit October 29, 2007, Kingman, Arizona By Richard N. Côté / dickcote at earthlink.net Karen Stern, a vivacious 53-year-old, guitar-playing singer and writer of loopy, infectiously funny songs, died on the morning of October 29, 2007, in a motel in Kingman, Arizona. She had informed the front desk clerk about 7:00 a.m. […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 27th, 2007
George David Exoo was a free man Friday for the first time in four months. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Clarke VanDervort denied a request by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to extradite the former Beckley Unitarian minister to Ireland for his alleged role five years ago in assisting the suicide of a woman there. Exoo, 65, […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 24th, 2007
What happened to the pioneering right-to-die group When Gerald Larue and Derek Humphry entered the Los Angeles Press Club on 12 August 1980 to announce to the world the formation of the Hemlock Society, there were many doubters that it could last. After all, it was the only organization in America currently saying that assisted […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2007
The judge in the extradition hearing concerning the Rev. George David Exoo will give his decision this coming Friday. October 26, 2007 The hearing will be at the federal building in Charleston, West Virginia. If the judge rules against Mr Exoo, he will be deported to Ireland to face criminal charges in Dublin alleging that […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 4th, 2007
Following the loss of her father earlier this year, Sharon Osbourne has made her own end-of-life plans, reports MSNBC.com. She and husband Ozzy have decided to choose their own ends should a mentally degenerative disease afflict either of them. ”I saw my father suffer from the day he came back into my life in 2002 […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 1st, 2007
The Associated Press reported: Assisted suicide research criticized: professor replies By William McCall, The Associated Press, October 1, 2007 PORTLAND – Doctor-assisted suicide in Oregon and The Netherlands does not result in more deaths among certain groups of terminally ill patients such as the poor or senior citizens, according to a controversial new study. The […]
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