Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 16th, 2007
For general information: Asphyxial Suicide by Inhalation of Helium Inside a Plastic Bag. Case Report American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 28(4):364-367, December 2007. Schon, Corinna Ariane MD; Ketterer, Thomas MD Abstract: Asphyxial suicide by placing a plastic bag over the head, especially in combination with inhalation of gases, is a rarely described method […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 9th, 2007
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ARTICLE IS 10 YEARS OLD. MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE SINCE. FOR AN UPDATE GO TO THE ERGO BOOKSTORE AND SEE the Ebook “Final Exit 2020” https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store The Vancouver Sun reported on 8 Dec 2007 that the helium in an ‘exit bag’ is new choice for assisted suicide for patients who […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 4th, 2007
So many viewers of this blog have been asking about the shelf-life of helium in small tanks. Here’s a compendium of the replies so far received. The answer seems to be that provided that the taps are kept tightly shut up until the moment of use, never tampered with, they can be stored for many […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 3rd, 2007
If one purchases a helium pack for future rather than immediate use, I should think it would be important to know what the shelf life of the helium in the tanks is. Perhaps one would be advised instead to wait and buy a pack when the need is more immediate. However, with increasing awareness by […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 1st, 2007
QUESTION: Following up on the recent post about using panettone bags, I remembered that some time ago there was discussion about which kind of helium tank to buy; one was not advised due to a problem in the delivery, whereas the other was all right. Would someone kindly remind me how to identify the satisfactory […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 25th, 2007
Last week a prominent Canadian television company showed a program on the Dignitas organization in Switzerland. As this station also reaches many viewers in the USA, it has aroused a lot of interest and inquiries, so we are repeating this informational message about Dignitas. PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR THE TERMINALLY OR HOPELESSLY ILL, COMPETENT, ADULT PERSON […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 20th, 2007
It might be wise, if a person is contemplating using the ‘helium hood method’ for self-deliverance from an unbearable terminal illness one day in the future, to purchase two tanks now. Helium is becoming in short supply, partly because of increased worldwide demand, and its more frequent use by industry. For example, I am told […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 11th, 2007
Karen Stern’s Final Exit October 29, 2007, Kingman, Arizona By Richard N. Côté / dickcote at earthlink.net Karen Stern, a vivacious 53-year-old, guitar-playing singer and writer of loopy, infectiously funny songs, died on the morning of October 29, 2007, in a motel in Kingman, Arizona. She had informed the front desk clerk about 7:00 a.m. […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 2nd, 2007
It has always been tacitly assumed in the Netherlands that old people and/or severely ill people could only expedite their own death with the assistance of a physician. (In 2002 the Dutch passed laws permitted voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.) Recently, however, psychiatrist Boudewijn Chabot defended his Ph.D. thesis “Auto-Euthanasia “ in which he calculates […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 27th, 2007
George David Exoo was a free man Friday for the first time in four months. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Clarke VanDervort denied a request by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to extradite the former Beckley Unitarian minister to Ireland for his alleged role five years ago in assisting the suicide of a woman there. Exoo, 65, […]
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