Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Schiavo, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 19th, 2008
The Adelaide Advertiser in Australia reported that a euthanasia method using a readily available gas was launched at a workshop in its city. More than 80 people – mostly elderly – gathered at Fullerton Community Centre as Dr Philip Nitschke outlined methods to enable a reliable and quick death. This newspaper article stopped short of […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 13th, 2008
Take a look at this elegant web site by French choice-in-dying activist Jacqueline Jencquel, which is full — in two languages — of news, plus sharp pictures which load quickly. http://www.jacquelinejencquel.com —Derek Humphry 12/13/08
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Dec 12th, 2008
It is interesting to note that two of the most influential voices in British publishing have — in editorials — demanded that something be done about the archaic laws on assisted suicide prevailing in Britain: THE TIMES and the ECONOMIST have now spoken out; perhaps others will follow. It chanced that I first raised the issue of […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Nov 26th, 2008
New Booklet Profiles Developers of Gentle Ways to End Unendurable Lives IN A PERFECT WORLD, when life is coming to its natural end, most people would like to die peacefully, at home, surrounded by loving friends and family members. Sadly, this rarely happens anymore, and many die in extreme agony. Polls show that between 60% […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 20th, 2008
By Derek Humphry (10.20.2008) There has been a deluge of publicity in recent months about the easy availability of veterinary Nembutal (pentobarbital) in veterinary supply stores in Mexico. This has caused a much larger number of people than usual to travel there in search of the lethal drug for their self-deliverance from a terminal illness […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 18th, 2008
The story of the last few days around the young English rugby player who was paralysed after a game accident, and later chose assisted suicide in Switzerland, reminded me of a haunting experience I had in 1980. When I was at the world euthanasia conference in Oxford, UK, a young man in a wheelchair approached […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 13th, 2008
‘Final Exit’ third edition, including the Addendum, and completely up-to-date, has been available for digital download eBook since 2007. Easy to read type, and amply illustrated. The gold standard in ‘how-to’ books, sold over a million in 12 languages. Visit www.finalexit.org/ergo-store –Derek Humphry, Oregon
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Quite a few people in the right-to-die movement — including myself — think that a person with severe dementia (or Alzheimers) DOES have the right to be helped to check out PROVIDED that they had made an advance declaration to this effect back when they were competent. Referring to it — as some do — […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Sep 13th, 2008
Program for the 17th World Euthanasia Congress in Paris Towards a global recognition of our final freedom Thursday October 30th – Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Concorde la Fayette Hotel (3, place du Général-Koenig – Paris 17ème) 2 pm – 5 pm: members of ADMD-France will welcome the delegates and distribute the working documents.
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Dr Iain Kerr, a family doctor in Glasgow, UK, was found guilty of misconduct after prescribing the pills to an elderly patient with osteoporosis, who went on kill herself using other drugs. On July 24, 2008 the General Medical Council (GMC) suspended the 61-year-old from practising medicine for six months after a two-week hearing in […]
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