Book back again Because ‘Final Exit’ is mentioned in the new movie NOMADLAND, there’s been huge, unexpected demand and we ran out of the paperback.! A new printing has arrived. We dispatched back ordered copies on 16 June, USPS. They should reach around 6.19 to 6.24, depending on destination. —– Derek Humphry, author, Oregon All […]
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From June 18, 2021, New Mexico residents will have access to ALL end-of-life options including medical aid in dying. That’s the 11th US state.
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June 3 is the tenth anniversary of the death of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, still a household name to many. At their request he helped130 people to die. Beginning in June 1990, Kevorkian helped Alzheimer’s patient and Hemlock Society member Janet Adkins to die, using his Mercitron machine. Kevorkian, despite three trials ending in acquittals, continued […]
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Free-speech violation alleged after police interrupt unlawful assisted procedure. By Paul Walsh MN Star Tribune, May 20, 2021 Two “exit guides” and their prominent assisted-suicide organization are suing Anoka County authorities alleging that their free-speech rights were violated when they were interrupted by law enforcement during a recent meeting with a terminally ill woman. Kevin […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on May 19th, 2021
The Final Exit Network filed a lawsuit in federal court 05/18/2021 against the sheriff and the chief prosecutor of Anoka County, Minnesota for threatening to file criminal charges against the organization. The action named Sheriff James Stuart and County Attorney Tony Palumbo as defendants in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. It […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Self-Deliverance, Switzerland on May 13th, 2021
The paperback book ‘Final Exit’ has sold out worldwide. PenguinRandomHouse is rushing out a new printing. This is a 30-year-old guidebook for the terminally and degeneratively ill adult at the end of life. Frequently updated. The mention of the book on the new movie NOMADLAND is the cause. But it is instantly available on KINDLE, […]
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A doctor who helped a mentally ill woman take her life has once more been cleared of intentional homicide. (This content was first published on May 7, 2021 –by Swissinfo/ch) A Swiss appeals court in canton Basel rejected attempts by prosecutors to overturn a 2019 verdict that had cleared the doctor of murder. The court […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, death, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Living Will, right to die, Self-Deliverance on May 2nd, 2021
We’ve had an extraordinary demand for the book ‘Final Exit’ since it is mentioned in the movie NOMADLAND, (3 Oscars 2021) thus delivery will be slower than usual — but certain….the publishers have had to go back to press. Derek Humphry is the author, not Dr. Kevorkian as the movie character mistakenly says. But it […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Good Death, Jean's Way, Living Will, Nitrogen, right to die, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 20th, 2021
Did you happen to see Friday night’s program “Father Brown” on PBS TV ? Show name: ‘The Angel of Mercy.’ It featured two deaths which at first seemed normal to the police but which the great ministerial R.C. ‘detective’ suspected to be murder. He eventually found that both persons, who had advanced cancer, had […]
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Posted in 'Last Wish', Assisted dying, Books, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Switzerland on Feb 1st, 2021
The book ‘Final Exit’ reached 30 years old on 2 February 2021. In updated versions it still sells modestly around the world every day. In 1991 it reached the New York Times book list as Number One, and remained listed for 18 weeks. It became infamous as ‘the suicide guide’ but author Derek Humphry pointed […]
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