Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Dec 26th, 2007
Regarding Page 140 of the book ‘Final Exit’ concerning the Exit Bag, better known nowadays as the ‘helium hood kit’: The ordering detail no longer applies.
Last Rights Publications in Canada ceased in 2004 due to police harassment. Usually people who send there get their money back – eventually – because the […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Dec 16th, 2007
For general information:
Asphyxial Suicide by Inhalation of Helium Inside a Plastic Bag.
Case Report
American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 28(4):364-367,
December 2007.
Schon, Corinna Ariane MD; Ketterer, Thomas MD
Abstract:
Asphyxial suicide by placing a plastic bag over the head, especially in
combination with inhalation of gases, is a rarely described method of
committing suicide. This article reports a case of […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Dec 9th, 2007
The Vancouver Sun reported on 8 Dec 07 that the helium in an ‘exit bag’ is new choice for assisted suicide for patients who are dying or suffering from an end-stage incurable illness.
Criminologist Russel Ogden said that at least 19 people
in B.C. have committed suicide by using helium since 1999, according to
statistics compiled […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, right to die on Dec 4th, 2007
So many viewers of this blog have been asking about the shelf-life
of helium in small tanks. Here’s a compendium of the replies so far
received. The answer seems to be that provided that the taps are kept
tightly shut up until the moment of use, never tampered with, they can
be stored for many years, until […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Dec 3rd, 2007
If one purchases a helium pack for future rather than immediate use, I
should think it would be important to know what the shelf life of the
helium in the tanks is. Perhaps one would be advised instead to wait and
buy a pack when the need is more immediate.
However, with increasing awareness by […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Dec 1st, 2007
QUESTION: Following up on the recent post about using panettone bags, I remembered
that some time ago there was discussion about which kind of helium tank
to buy; one was not advised due to a problem in the delivery, whereas
the other was all right.
Would someone kindly remind me how to identify the satisfactory one (I
think the color […]
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