Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, degerative illness, Dementia, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, helium death, Hemlock, Jean's Way, Living Will, Nembutal, Nitrogen, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on Nov 22nd, 2019
Final Exit 2020 is only available through the ERGO Bookstore. Order and download the eBook at https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Good Death, helium death, Hemlock, Jean's Way, Living Will, Nembutal, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Seconal, Self-Deliverance on Nov 15th, 2019
FINAL EXIT 2020 (Digital eBook Edition) Self-deliverance and assisted dying for the terminally and hopelessly ill By Derek Humphry This new version of the famous guide Final Exit has been called a suicide handbook, yet careful readers will find that it is powerfully addressed to terminally and hopelessly ill adults who have fought for life […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Living Will, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News on Nov 8th, 2019
The Oregon Death with Dignity Act turns 25 today. On November 8, 1994, Oregonians voted to pass the first assisted dying law in the U.S. and the world, demonstrating their belief that terminally ill patients deserved the right to choose how they die. The historic vote came after a hard-fought campaign led by a dedicated […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Switzerland on Oct 29th, 2019
It’s interesting that suddenly the UK police are asking for a reform of the law forbidding assisted dying. There have been about a dozen attempts to change the law since l936 and all failed. Britain lags behind many other countries which have approved careful, thoughtful death with dignity laws. The Police and Crime Commissioner for […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News on Sep 5th, 2019
The demographics of patients seeking medical aid in dying (MAID) seem to be similar in both Oregon and Washington, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. In a group of 3,368 prescriptions from 1998 to 2017 in Oregon and 2009 to 2017 in Washington, most patients in both states were insured, non-Hispanic white, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Jean's Way, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Aug 11th, 2019
Published annual reports from the Oregon Health Authority and Washington State Department of Health that ranged from 1998 to 2017 in Oregon and from 2009 to 2017 in Washington show some interesting facts about how the law is used. They found that 2,558 – 76% – of the 3,368 written prescriptions resulted in patients’ deaths, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, helium death, Hemlock, Jean's Way, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on Jul 30th, 2019
After the publication of ‘Final Exit‘ in l991, it was often used by writers to illustrate their works, particularly TV. Wikipedia’s entry on the book lists 11 such instances Book still selling consistently in 2019. It has never won any prizes — but I suppose you wouldn’t expect that a how-to book on dying well […]
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Good Life, Good Death — YouTube video Derek Humphry • 4.6K views The writer Derek Humphry talks about his memoir, ‘Good Life Good Death’. 4 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFinalExit
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Amazon Books today ordered 9 copies of ‘Jean’s Way’ – a memoir I first published in l978 !! I’ve never changed a word of it through all the editions. The book has come to memorialize Jean’s courage in the face of death at age 42. ‘Jean’s Way: A Love Story’ is also available on Kindle.
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Posted in Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, helium death, Nitrogen, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jun 24th, 2019
To obtain the newly-updated edocument (pdf download) “How to make your own inert gas hood kit” go to https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store The separate advantages of both helium and nitrogen are discussed. There is nowhere in the world that such a kit can be found. So it’s strictly D I Y. This is an ERGO publication, written by […]
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