- Final Exit
, but also because the information in the book can be used by anyone, not just the terminally ill.
"Final Exit" covers many aspects of planning and carrying out "self-deliverance", from the decision of whether and when one is ready to die, to the careful protection of anyone assisting one's preparations, to the legal and financial preparations for those one leaves behind. But the bulk of the work consists of the advantages and disadvantages and the processes for a variety of suicide methods.
In 2000 a "Supplement to Final Exit" was published with a new chapter on a method using
helium gas as an alternative not requiring controlled prescription drugs.Success of the book
In 1991 the first edition, was for 18 weeks the number one bestselling nonfiction book in America and sold over a million copies.
"Final Exit" has been translated into 12 languages, but is banned by law in
France . In 2008 it remained in print in English, Spanish and Italian.In April 2007 the editors and book critics of the American national newspaper USA TODAY selected "Final Exit" as one of the 25 most memorable books of the last quarter century.
Humphry subsequently put the information in this book onto a VHS video (2000) and a DVD (2006) available through ERGO.
References
* Humphry, Derek (1991). "Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying". ISBN 0-9606030-3-4.
* Humphry, Derek (2000). "Supplement to Final Exit". ISBN 978-0963728036
* Humphry, Derek (2002). "Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying", 3rd edition. ISBN 0-385-33653-5. Delta Trade Paperback. Revised and updated.
* Humphry, Derek (2002). "Let Me Die Before I Wake & Supplement to Final Exit". ISBN 978-1401102869+ Humphry, Derek (2008) "Good Life, Good Death: Memoir of a writer who became an euthanasia activist." eBook. ISBN 978-0-9768283-3-4ee also
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The Complete Manual of Suicide External links
* [http://www.finalexit.org FinalExit.org] - Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO):* [http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store FinalExit.org The Ergo Store]
* [http://www.assistedsuicide.org AssistedSuicide.org] :* [http://www.assistedsuicide.org/blog AssistedSuicide.org Weblog]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/life/top25-books.htm USA Today reviews]
* [http://www.goodlifegooddeath.com]
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