Enabling choice at the end of life
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Five Last Acts II
Five Last Acts 2nd Edition (Click image to order). Helium, Drugs, Compression Technique, Plastic Bags, Starvation-Dehydration examined & explained. The authoritative guide.
For even more: Five Last Acts – The Exit Path
● Five Last Acts: The Exit Path 2015. ● 822 pages. ● The world's first and most authoritative book to include self-euthanasia with nitrogen ● over 100 illustrations and ‘how-to‘ diagrams. ● Over 1000 references. ● tables & charts ● Tips and checklists ● scientific evidence. "This is quite a tome! But for a very detailed and clear examination of all the background to the technical intricacies of the movement for the right to choose to die it is in a class on its own. This book is for the science-minded DIY person. A most unusual book." – Derek Humphry
Category Archives: palliative care
One cannot escape death
The thought of dying is one that most people push aside, at least until it seems imminent (to ourselves or someone close to us). The mission of Exit can be described as taking away the fear of death. A large … Continue reading
The quality of mercy is not strain’d
“You wouldn’t let a dog suffer like that” is a phrase that often comes to mind when witnessing the struggles of someone who, despite the best efforts of palliative care, is in a prolonged and unbearable agony: someone who in … Continue reading
A special treat for readers of ExitEuthanasia Blog
Free! (Or at least as free as we can make them.) The peace of mind obtained from years and years of research, peer-reviewed and supported with the best medical experts and medical journals worldwide, carefully presented in the most comprehensive … Continue reading
The things that become important
Some of the questions in life can be downright scary. Take death, for instance! We know it’s going to happen yet we do so little about it. When the time comes, sometimes everything happens in a rush. For this Blog … Continue reading
Speaking for the majority
This weekend, the influential (and, surprisingly, moderately rightwing) newspaper, The Economist, takes a strong stance in favour of assisted suicide, proclaiming, “Most people in the Western world favour assisted suicide. The law should reflect their will.” It describes the horror … Continue reading
What would you do? Let the individual decide.
In the first week of the new year came the news of an elderly ill couple that had ended their lives together. As people read these words, their responses may be of many different kinds. There are those who are, … Continue reading
Liberté for France??
Romantic suicide fever has gripped the French media in the past week after an 86-year-old couple, described as brilliant intellectuals, ended their lives together last Friday. Three days later, a second Parisian couple, aged 84 and 81, were found dead … Continue reading
Facing the moment of death
Whether a person is interested in the reassurances that Exit’s literature can offer or not, each of us has to face the moment of death one day. “When it all comes to an end” examines what we can do to … Continue reading
When all “this” comes to an end . . .
Dying is all around us, even the leaves on the trees (and leaves die very beautifully!) We think about it, avoid thinking about it or, as Exit members, work out how to end it peacefully and painlessly. And then often … Continue reading
“Trust me I’m a doctor”? – apparently not . . .
Most of us do not know when, where or how death will come – so the default is to leave it to the wisdom of the medical establishment. A “doctors know best” attitude. Yet doctors, it seems, don’t trust doctors … Continue reading
How will you die?
We are all going to do it at some point in our lives, but popular conceptions can be far from reality. Characters in soap operas, for instance, tend not only die quickly but mostly from unusual causes. In reality, most … Continue reading
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