Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2008
It is not unusual for families to face a huge dilemma over whether to help a loved one die, be it in terminal illness, degenerative conditions, or simply unbearable, extreme old age. Who amongst us will pull the plug? Who will take the responsibility of even being present in moral support? I have read in […]
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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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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 7th, 2008
The Swiss Cabinet is set to clarify whether the rules for Switzerland’s assisted suicide organisations need to be updated. In particular, it will look at issues relating to the care, counselling and documentation that euthanasia groups provide people seeking to end their lives. It will also discuss whether groups should be permitted to help healthy […]
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Some people wonder why in my book ‘Final Exit’ I am against the use of guns to end one’s life. The vast majority of American men who commit suicide use a gun. That’s their business. ERGO’s campaign (as was Hemlock’s) is for peaceful self-deliverance or physician-assisted suicide for the terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult […]
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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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There has been a burst of publicity recently about the availability of the barbiturate pentobarbital (Nembutal) being purchased over the counter at vet. supply stores in Mexico. Apparently, dozens of Australians travel all the way to Mexico, at a cost of some $3,000 USD to get the drug which is lethal is overdose. But all […]
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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 Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 19th, 2008
Re tv program “Reverend Death” on Channel 4, UK, tonight Monday, May 19, at 10 pm Two clips from the film are already on the Channel 4 web site: http://www.channel4.com/video/reverend-death/series-1/. The video is best seen with Internet Explorer Clip #2 tells how Exoo and Thomas were going to become “assisted suicidemartyrs” if they felt they […]
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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 dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 8th, 2008
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The majority of people in Mexico favour the basic principle of euthanasia, according to a poll by ParametrÃa. 59 per cent of respondents think doctors should have the legal right to end the life of a person suffering from an incurable illness upon a request by the patient and his […]
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