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
Tag Archives: consent
Organs replaced, euthanasia wishes honoured, good ethics
A little while ago, we drew attention to a well thought out idea by Julian Savulescu and Dominic Wilkinson, suggesting that being able to donate one’s organs while requesting euthanasia could give an added sense of meaning to a dignified … Continue reading →
Euthanasia in Belgium: no slippery slope
The evidence of studies in several countries suggests that legislation to allow euthanasia does not affect the number of cases significantly – it just makes them more open and transparent. This has never deterred panic-mongers, who spin data to create … Continue reading →
The meaning of autonomy
In an unusual case this week, the High Court ruled that it will be lawful to force treatment on an incompetent 55-year-old woman in her best interests, despite her apparent dissent and lack of co-operation stemming from phobias about hospitals … Continue reading →
CPR – I might want it now but I don’t want it later
People’s views of CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation – an emergency procedure for persons in cardiac or respiratory arrest) are shaped to a large extent by television medical series such as Casualty, E.R. and Holby City: a patient arrests, the healthcare team … Continue reading →
The EXIT euthanasia blog 