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Praise for
FINAL EXIT
“No decent human being would allow an animal to suffer
without putting it out of its misery. It is only to human beings
that human beings are so cruel as to allow them to live on in
pain, in hopelessness, in living death, without moving a muscle
to help them. It is against such attitudes that this book fights.”
– Isaac Asimov
“An important indictment of medical practice, legal judgment,
and of the culture at large for failing to find a way to protect
people against unwanted suffering and lingering death in the
company of strangers…This book deserves extensive publicity
and consideration for what it means to respect people’s choices
about dying.”
–
American Journal of Law and Medicine
“Some people want to eke out every second of life—no matter
how grim—and that is their right. But others do not. And that
should be
their
right.”
– Betty Rollin, author of
First, You Cry
and
Last Wish
“Nobody else could have done this book. It’s the first of its kind
in America. People in both the present and future will be in
Derek Humphry’s debt.”
– Dr. Joseph F. Fletcher, theologian
“[A]n honest, clear, compelling book for those who seek the
knowledge that will assure them a good way through this final
passage, should it become necessary.”
– Dr. Frederick R. Abrams, physician and ethicist
Other books by Derek Humphry
G
ENERAL
Because They’re Black
Passports and Politics
Police Power and Black People
The Cricket Conspiracy
False Messiah
(with David Tindall)
E
UTHANASIA
Jean’s Way
Let Me Die Before I Wake
The Right to Die
(with Ann Wickett)
Dying with Dignity
Lawful Exit
Freedom to Die
(with Mary Clement)
The Good Euthanasia Guide
FINAL EXIT
The practicalities of self-deliverance
and assisted suicide for the dying
Derek Humphry
Digital edition 2009
Also a Delta Trade Paperback
© copyright 2009 Derek Humphry
Final Exit, digital edition. Published by Derek Humphry.
© copyright 2009 Derek Humphry
Norris Lane Press/ERGO
24829 Norris Lane
Junction City, OR 97448 USA
ALSO A DELTA TRADE PAPERBACK
Published as a paperback by
Dell Publishing, a division of Random House, Inc.
1540 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Copyright © 1991, 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2009 by Derek Humphry
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the
written permission of the author, Derek Humphry, except where permitted by
law.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Humphry, Derek, 1930-
Final exit : the practicalities of self-deliverance and assisted suicide for the
dying / Derek Humphry.—3rd ed.
p.
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-385-33653-5
1. Assisted suicide. 2. Suicide. 3. Euthanasia. I. Title.
R726.H843 2002
362.28—dc2l
Printed in the United States of America
AUTHOR’S NOTE
As many of the readers of this book will be people with
poor sight, it has been set in large type to assist them. Also,
this book assumes the reader’s ethical acceptance of the
right to choose to die when terminally ill and thus the
arguments for and against are not addressed. The history
and controversy of this issue can be found in three of my
books,
The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia, Dying
with Dignity,
and
Freedom to Die.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Preface
Caution
1. The Most Difficult Decision
2. Shopping for the Right Doctor
3. Beware of the Law
4. The Hospice Option
5. The Cyanide Enigma
6. Death Hollywood Style
7. Bizarre Ways to Die
8. The Dilemma of the Severely Handicapped
9. Self-Starvation
10. The Will to Die and “Miracle Cures”
11. Who Shall Know?
12. Life Insurance
13. After the Self-Deliverance
14. A Private Matter?
15. Psychological Support for the Dying
16. Letters to Be Written
17. Going Together?
18. When Is the Time to Die?
19. How Do You Get the “Magic Pills”?
20. Storing Drugs
21. Death in the Family Car
22. Self-Deliverance Using a Plastic Bag
23. A Speedier Way: Inert Gases
24. The Checklist
25. The Final Act
26. The Risky Drugs
Table of lethal drug dosages
27. Physician and Non-Physician Assisted Suicide
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Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
CONTENTS (Cont’d)
Glossary of Terms
Connected with Dying
Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act
and the Laws in America
Current Laws on Voluntary
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
A Living Will and Durable Power
of Attorney for Health Care
Books to Read
Alternative Euphemistic Terms for
Assisted Dying and Death
North American Organizations
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ERGO - Euthanasia Research
& Guidance Organization
About the Author

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