Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008
Derek Humphry, journalist and author, founder of the Hemlock Society USA, has written a memoir of his life in England during World War 11, his career in journalism on the London Sunday Times and the Los Angeles Times, and how he came to launch Hemlock. Author of five books on euthanasia, this is a gutsy […]
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More than half of Americans would rather die than live with a severe disability, according to a survey, Reuters reports. In the online poll commissioned by Disaboom, a Web site and social network for people affected by disabilities, 52 percent of the 1,000 “nationally represented” adults chose death over losing the ability to live an […]
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The ERGO Listserv is a moderated news list about events world-wide concerning right-to-die issues, chiefly assisted suicide of the terminally and hopelessly ill. Digest only; not necessarily issued every day. No charge is made for this service. Please give this List a sustained trial. Moderator: Derek Humphry NEW list info address: http://www.lists.opn.org/mailman/listinfo/right-to-die_lists.opn.org
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on May 21st, 2008
Good Life, Good Death (eBook PDF) Memoir of how a writer became an euthanasia advocate by Derek Humphry Founder of the Hemlock Society (1980-2003) Author of Final Exit NEW! Published May 21, 2008 $12.00 (PDF eBook) • 2008 Not available in paperback 321 pages • 19 chapters with photos http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store ISBN 978-0-9768283-3-4 Born in England, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 13th, 2008
Chronology of Right-to-Die Events During the 20th Century and into the Millenium, 1906 – 2008 This chronology has been revised and updated and well worth a look, and a bookmark, for future reference. Visit http://www.finalexit.org/more.html —
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 16th, 2008
The ultimate \’how-to\’ guide book Available at www.finalexit.org/ergo store In paperback or digital download
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Posted in death, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2008
Two weeks ago the leader of the right to life movement in Oregon attacked in the Register-Guard (Eugene) the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, which permits physician-assisted suicide, on the grounds that in 2007 not a single patient who wanted a hastened death had been sent for psychological evaluation. The law says this must be […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 24th, 2008
The hardcopy paperback ‘Final Exit’ 3rd edition by Derek Humphry touched the 5,061 mark in Amazon.com’s sales listing today. You can download an even more up-to-date digitized edition at www.finalexit.org/ergo-store
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 15th, 2008
This week “Jean’s Way” appeared bookstores in Turkey in a translation. Next month it will also appear in Mexico for the first time. It tells the story of my assisted suicide of my first wife, Jean, who had late-stage terminal cancer. Starting in London, this month ‘Jean’s Way’ has been in continuous print in English […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 27th, 2008
I’m the author of a new novel titled SOUVENIR, which is out now from Random House/Ballantine Books. My novel, which centers on a woman who has ALS, in not any kind of how-to, position on the matter of terminally ill individuals’ right to end their lives on their own terms. info at http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345499684 My interest […]
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