Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on Apr 4th, 2020
The Encyclopedia Britannica recently asked me to name the four most important dates in my campaign for choices in dying at life’s end. This was my reply: 1980 Derek Humphry founded the Hemlock Society USA in Los Angeles, the first group in US to advocate self-deliverance and medical assisted dying at the end of life. […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 3rd, 2020
Many of us who support the right to choose at life’s end will sympathize with this letter to the editor of the New York Times from Final Exit Network published on April 2, 2020. To the Editor: “I Love the World, but I Cannot Stay,” by Mary Pipher (Sunday Review, March 8), captures a sentiment […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Death With Dignity Act, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Mar 29th, 2020
Final Exit Network (FEN) announces that its new website is up and running. It has been some time since the site was updated, and this provided an opportunity to make the site more focused and easier to navigate. The process for applying for Exit Guide services is clearly outlined, and the Request for Guide Services […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, helium death, Hemlock, Nembutal, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Seconal, Self-Deliverance, Switzerland on Dec 20th, 2019
FINAL EXIT 2020 Ebook just out A reader of the new Ebook writes: I ordered the online copy some weeks ago but only recently got around to reading it all. Congratulations! I think you have done a fine job of laying the basic information out there for people to read and learn. I am very […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Dec 10th, 2019
END OF YEAR APPEAL FOR E.R.G.O. (Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization) For 25 years ERGO has been pounding away via blogs, listserv, books, pamphlets and video for the right of terminally or hopelessly ill persons to choose when and where they die. Much progress has been made — better understanding of self-deliverance (Final Exit) and […]
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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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