Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
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As the legal controversy continues—this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark bestseller contains new, critically important information for patients, loved ones, and medical personnel.The original publication of Final Exit stunned the nation by offering people with terminal illness a choice on how—and when—to end their suffering. It helped thousands by giving clear instructions to doctors, nurses, and families on how to handle a patient’s request for euthanasia. In the wake of court cases and legislative mandates, this revised and updated third edition goes far beyond the original to provide new information about the legality of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and a thoughtful examination of the personal issues involved. It has become the essential source to help loved ones and supportive doctors remain within existing laws and keep a person’s dying intimate, private, and dignified.With deep compassion and sensitivity, it spells out why a living will may not be sufficient to have a person’s wishes carried out—and what document is a better alternative. It updates where to get proper drugs and exactly how to carry out the quickest, most peaceful way to make a final exit. Finally, it gently talks to a person considering self-deliverance about alternatives, planning, and the means to make every death a "good death" at our time of greatest need. Publishers Weekly Controversy should erupt anew when Humphry's suicide manual for the terminally ill, newly revised and expanded, tries to match in paper the successes that it enjoyed in cloth, including 18 weeks on PW's bestseller list. (Sept.)
Introductions1The Most Difficult Decision12Shopping for the Right Doctor83Beware of the Law144The Hospice Option225The Cyanide Enigma276Death Hollywood Style357Bizarre Ways to Die408The Dilemma of the Severely Handicapped499Self-Starvation5710The Will to Die and "Miracle Cures"6211Who Shall Know?6812Life Insurance7213After the Self-Deliverance7514A Private Matter?8015Psychological Support for the Dying8716Letters to Be Written9217Going Together?9718When Is the Time to Die?10119How Do You Get the "Magic Pills"?10920Storing Drugs11621Death in the Family Car12022Self-Deliverance Using a Plastic Bag12323The Checklist12924The Final Act13425The Risky Drugs14526Physician-assisted Suicide and Active Voluntary Euthanasia155Appendix AGlossary of Terms Connected with Dying164Appendix BOregon's Law169Appendix CPain Control180Appendix DSuicide Hot Lines182Appendix EA Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care184Books to Read195Index197About the Author208
