Final exit
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, often shortened to just Final Exit, is a 1991 book written by Derek Humphry, a British-born American journalist, author, and assisted suicide advocate who co-founded the (defunct) Hemlock Society in 1980 and co-founded the Final Exit Network in 2004. The book was published in 1991 by the Hemlock Society US in hardback. The following year, its 2nd edition was published by Dell in trade paperback. An updated edition was published in 2010.
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- I suggest looking at a book called “Final Exit.” If you are intent to do this, there is a better way to go about it, although I hope you will hang on for a better tomorrow.
- Any person who deliberately aids, advises, or encourages another to commit suicide is guilty of a felony.
It seems like prohibiting suicide advice would run afoul of the First Amendment. I bought a copy of the book Final Exit in California, and it definitely contains suicide advice.
- Yeah, I thought it was a reference to the DIY assisted suicide book, Final Exit.
- This is all very disturbing: price people out of care and convince them to consent to die.
I think if someone wants to end their life, they can just stop eating and drinking. If you just stop eating it will take longer, but will still work.
Someone with grave health problems will often have little appetite.
A friend who nearly died with a running car engine in a closed garage says it's an easy way to go.
The main consideration for the person choosing to end their life is that the measure they choose be reliably effective, as an incomplete death (oxymoron?) will likely entail further suffering.
The seminal reference on the topic in the US is Final Exit, by Derek Humphry.
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Exit-Practicalities-Self-Delive...
- Can you run an ad for Final Exit [1] aimed at depressed teens?
If you ask Amazon "suicide how to", you get exactly what you asked for.[2] Is that wrong?
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Final-Exit-Digital-2011-Self-Delivera... [2]
