Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jan 5th, 2015
For persons interested in the helium hood method of self-deliverance from a terminal or hopeless illness, this site (it’s graphic) on TUMBLR may be educational: http://gematogentomsk.tumblr.com/
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Dec 31st, 2014
Dr Lawrence D. Egbert, 87, has lost the Maryland medical license he had held for more than 60 years after a disciplinary panel for the Maryland Board of Physicians found that he had engaged in “unprofessional conduct†while working as the medical director for the Final Exit Network, which offers aid to people “who are […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Dec 10th, 2014
REITH LECTURE: AGING AND DYING I’ve known of (and heard some) of the prestigious BBC Reith Lectures since they began in l948. Therefore it was a surprise and pleasure on Tuesday night, on BBC world radio, to hear ASSISTED DYING freely discussed by Atul Gawande, American surgeon and author, who said he was in favor […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Dec 5th, 2014
Public support for choice in dying legislation has grown even stronger in the days since the planned death of 29-year-old brain cancer patient Brittany Maynard, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has found. An overwhelming 74 percent of American adults now believe that terminally ill patients who are in great pain should have the right to end […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die on Dec 3rd, 2014
A state senator wants to make New York the fifth state to allow assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Democrat Brad Hoylman said his proposed law would permit doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill adults who want to take their own lives. In a memo seeking co-sponsors, Hoylman cited the case of Brittany […]
Posted in Assisted dying, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die on Nov 3rd, 2014
Brittany Maynard took her life on the day she had predicted, Saturday, November 1, 2014. A brave person who faced up realistically to the tragedy in her life. Her story has had an impact. About 70 terminal residents every year in Oregon use this law to hasten their ends.
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Oct 29th, 2014
For when a doctor prescribes a lethal overdose which the dying patient chooses to drink:
Physician-assisted suicide; Physician-assisted death; Physician-assisted dying; Physician-hastened death; Death With Dignity; Aid in Dying; Medically-assisted dying; Medicide (Kevorkian book); Physician-managed death; Mercy killing; Terminal sedation.
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Oct 3rd, 2014
Doctors in the Netherlands assisted 4,829 people to die in 2013, representing a 15% percent increase over 2012. The vast majority of cases involved patients suffering with cancer or unbearable pain, according to a report published by the five regional review committees. The report outlined how doctors working in 2013 performed the euthanasia procedure in […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Living Will, right to die, RTD Organizations on Oct 1st, 2014
The ADVANCE DIRECTIVE (also known as a Living Will) You can download an Advance Directive for $5 at this site: http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/documents-c-72/advance-directives-form-living-will-pdf-p-187.html Drawn up by Faye Girsh, EdD, former chief executive of the Hemlock Society USA, the Advance Directive available through ERGO does not claim to be an enforceable legal document. It is an honest expression […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Sep 23rd, 2014
Gerald A. Larue dies at 98; former minister debunked biblical stories By Elaine Woo of the Los Angeles Times 09.22.14 Gerald A. Larue — an ordained minister who became an agnostic, archeologist, religious scholar and debunker of claims such as Lazarus rising from the dead and the discovery of Noah’s ark — has died. He […]
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