Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jul 7th, 2016
The Atlantic magazine has published in its current issue a fine article about Final Exit Network’s Exit Guide program. Here it is: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/07/the-volunteers-who-help-people-end-their-own-lives/489602/?utm_source=atltw
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jul 5th, 2016
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found the following in a survey: Summary: Despite increasing legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) worldwide, the practice remains relatively rare and, when carried out, is primarily motivated by psychological factors such as loss of autonomy or enjoyment of life, rather than physical pain. […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News on Jul 1st, 2016
The Supreme Court of New Mexico has ruled that terminally ill New Mexicans do not have a constitutionally protected right to enlist a doctor’s help to end their lives. Justice Edward L. Chavez wrote in his opinion, released 06.29.16, that the court recognized the “magnitude and importance of the very personal desire of a terminally […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Jun 20th, 2016
ERGO/Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ellen Barfield, (410) 243-5876 DEATH WITH DIGNITY ADVOCATE DR. LAWRENCE EGBERT DIES Lawrence D. Egbert, MD, MPH, the Baltimore anesthesiologist whose leadership in the right-to-die movement cost him his Maryland license to practice medicine, died of a heart attack June 9. He was 88. Dr. Egbert, […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Seconal on Jun 18th, 2016
Canada has at long last passed a doctor-assisted suicide law for the advanced terminally ill (06.10.16). New law does not include persons with degenerative illnesses, old age, handicap or mental health problems. It is similar to the laws already on the West Coast of US — after various guidelines and waiting periods, a doctor can […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Jun 17th, 2016
The Canadian government has rejected a proposed Senate amendment that would make it easier for Canadians to get medical help to end their lives. Health Minister Jane Philpott and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced Thursday that the government will accept most of the seven amendments the Senate approved to their controversial assisted-death bill, known as […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jun 16th, 2016
Australian Border Force has seized and destroyed copies of a book that provides information on euthanasia and assisted suicide to the elderly and the seriously ill. The Peaceful Pill Handbook, written by euthanasia advocate and former doctor, Philip Nitschke, is published in Holland but copies have been seized on arrival in Australia. People who have […]
Posted in Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mexico, Nembutal, Peru, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Apr 23rd, 2016
Persons thinking of purchasing for self-deliverance from a terminal illness the barbiturate Nembutal over the Internet from places like Mexico, China, Peru and so on, should note this: Interpol is intercepting emails between purchasers and the sellers and then informing local police that the recipient is a suicide risk. Then there is a ‘wellness call’ […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Apr 9th, 2016
 References to ‘Final Exit’ book in TV and pop culture  Arsenio Hall on his late night CBS TV show did a sketch about people being unable to return ‘Final Exit’ to their local library because they were no longer alive. Libraries were complaining that they had to keep buying the book to meet […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News, Seconal on Mar 23rd, 2016
Pharmaceutical Companies Hiked Price on Aid in Dying Drug By Katie Orr, March 22, 2016, KQED News When California’s aid-in-dying law takes effect this June, terminally ill patients who decide to end their lives could be faced with a hefty bill for the lethal medication. It retails for more than $3,000. Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the company […]
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