Enabling choice at the end of life
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THE SAMARITANS. If you are suicidally depressed, we urge you to visit The Samaritans for confidential, emotional, non-judgmental support. (Please click on the photo.)
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: dementia
Responsible caring with dementia & euthanasia requests
When you tick off various boxes on your living will document, the ones where you might have dementia are always problematic. Euthanasia in cases of dementia raises even bigger questions of voluntariness. I have known ‘right-to-die’ supporters who say that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Bolam, dementia, Netherlands
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Helium and dementia
A few days before he committed suicide with his wife of 53 years, Daniel Gute, a retired physician, wrote a note explaining their mutual decision to die. The two-page handwritten letter is signed by both Gute and his wife, Katherine, … Continue reading
Palliative care lottery – some diseases getting better care than others
“Can we offer you some palliative care to make your last days more comfortable, Sir? Cancer is it? Jolly good – you go to the top of the list! Sorry – dementia was it? No, I’m sorry – bit patchy … Continue reading
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