As the legal controversy continues--this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark bestseller contains new, critically important information for patients, loved ones, and medical personnel.
An updated edition of a controversial best-seller shows people looking to end their suffering from unbearable pain due to terminal or incurable illness how to prepare for and commit suicide and offers other relevant information on such issues as euthanasia, living wills, hospice care, legal implica
As the legal controversy continues--this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark bestseller contains new, critically important information for patients, loved ones, and medical personnel.Standing at the center of a heated controversy and sparking national debate, Final Exit has become a crucial handbook for people looking to end their suffering from unbearable pain due to terminal or incurable illness. This careful, concise, and compassionate manual includes-How to commit suicide with sleeping pills, preferably with the aid of a loved one.A chart listing lethal doses of fourteen drugs.Legal considerations, life insurance, and living wills.Finding the right doctor, hospice care, and pain control.Letters to leave behind and how to write a self-deliverance checklist.Psychological support groups for the dying and suicide hotlines for depression.Plus much more invaluable advice on self-deliverance and assisted suicide.For mature adults opting to end their lives or anyone interested in this controversial and timely topic, Final Exit, the only book of its kind, provides the answers
“"Until there is a law which would allow physicians to help people who want aFinal Exit, here is Derek Humphry's book, fittingly named, to guide them." --Betty Rollin, author ofFirst, You CryandLast Wish "An honest, clear, compelling book." --Dr. Frederick R. Abrams, physician and ethicist”
“Until there is a law which would allow physicians to help people who want a Final Exit, here is Derek Humphry’s book, fittingly named, to guide them.”
--Betty Rollin, author of First, You Cry and Last Wish
“An honest, clear, compelling book.”
--Dr. Frederick R. Abrams, physician and ethicist
Derek Humphry is a journalist and author who has spent the last twenty years campaigning for lawful physician-assisted dying to be an option for the terminally and hopelessly ill.
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