Final Exit (Third Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying

Humphry, Derek

ISBN 10: 0385336535 / ISBN 13: 9780385336536

Published by Delta, 2002

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Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Final Exit (Third Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
• Publisher: Delta
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385336535
• ISBN 13: 9780385336536
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 0.47 pounds

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Synopsis

Published  2002, the revised, 3rd edition of the bestseller "Final Exit" describes the ways in which a dying person may consider hastening the end of their life if suffering is unbearable. Laws and ethics are outlined in a straightforward fashion. Drug dosage tables and the latest inert gas technique of 'self-deliverance' are explained, with illustrations.

Bantam Dell published an updated version in April 2010, known as edition 3.1

About the Author

Derek Humphry, president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO!) and founder and executive director (1980–1992) of the National Hemlock Society, was a newspaper reporter for 35 years, working for many British journals. During his 14 years with the London Sunday Times, he began to write books on racial problems, law enforcement, and civil liberties. In 1978 he moved to the United States to work for the Los Angeles Times. The international acceptance of the story of his first wife’s death, Jean’s Way, now considered a classic account of rational assisted suicide, launched his campaign for the right to lawful physician aid in dying. In 1980 in Los Angeles he and friends formed the Hemlock Society, the first such group in North America. From 1988 to 1990, Derek Humphry was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. He lives near Eugene, Oregon.