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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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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BY FRANK KAVANAUGH, PH.D. After many teasers and disappointments for doctors and patients, an important change is in the cards. Medicare will start compensating physicians for end-of-life dialogues with their patients effective Jan. 1, 2016. No longer will these urgent appointments be scheduled under the guise of addressing some other issue. Without payment, doctors have […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jul 20th, 2014
Derek Humphry’s three books on euthanasia, mostly centered on self-directed death also known as self-deliverance from a terminal or hopeless illness, are now available on Kindle. (1) Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying. (2) Jean’s Way: A Love story. (3) Good Life, Good Death: Memoir of a journalist and […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Jun 6th, 2014
In an historic 94 to 22 vote at the National Assembly of Quebec, Bill 52, An Act Respecting End of Life Care, passed into law at 4:14 pm on June 5, 2014. This is the first time that medical aid to die becomes an option for adult citizens of Quebec who are capable of giving […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Feb 12th, 2014
A judge has dismissed the assisted-suicide charge against Barbara Mancini, the 58-year-old Philadelphia nurse who was arrested last February after handing her 93-year-old terminally ill father a bottle of morphine. “A jury may not receive a case where it must rely on conjecture to reach a verdict,” Judge Jacqueline Russell said in her 47-page opinion. […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Feb 8th, 2014
Re today’s New York Times lead article “Assisted suicide now legal in 5 states” This article, while welcome, has two shortcomings in my view: It fails to point out that there are four groups in the USA campaigning (in different ways) for the right to choose how to die when at life’s end. True, Compassion […]
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