Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance & Assisted Suicide for the Dying

The original pub'n. of Final Exit stunned the nation by offering people with terminal illness a choice on how -- & when -- to end their suffering. It helped thousands by giving clear instructions to doctors, nurses, & families on how to handle a patient's request for euthanasia. This revised 2nd edition goes far beyond the original to provide new info. about the legality of euthanasia & assisted suicide, & a thoughtful examination of the personal issues involved. This is the essential source to help loved ones & supportive doctors remain within existing laws & keep a person's dying intimate, private, & dignified. Explains a better alternative to a living will; updates where to get proper drugs & how to carry out the quickest, most peaceful way to make a final exit.Humphry, Derek is the author of 'Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance & Assisted Suicide for the Dying', published 1996 under ISBN 9780756765682 and ISBN 0756765684.