Posted in Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, Uncategorized, death, right to die on Apr 10th, 2008
Two weeks ago the leader of the right to life movement in Oregon attacked in the Register-Guard (Eugene) the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, which permits physician-assisted suicide, on the grounds that in 2007 not a single patient who wanted a hastened death had been sent for psychological evaluation. The law […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Oct 4th, 2007
Following the loss of her father earlier this year, Sharon Osbourne has made her own end-of-life plans, reports MSNBC.com.
She and husband Ozzy have decided to choose their own ends should a mentally degenerative disease afflict either of them.
”I saw my father suffer from the day he came back into my life in 2002 […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Sep 25th, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqmj69XyGk
Detailed illustrated advice on how to bring terminal suffering to a peaceful, nonviolent end. This video produced by journalist and author Derek Humphry, is a great companion to his book ‘Final Exit.’ Humphry, who founded the original Hemlock Society, provided the direction and spoken voice in this video adaptation of his famous ‘how-to’ book which […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Aug 29th, 2007
Compassion & Choices of Oregon’s client, Lovelle Svart, continues to blaze new trails as an articulate spokesperson for individual choice at the end of life. You will recall that Lovelle is a 62 year old unique lady who is dying from lung cancer. She was one of the intervenors in the US […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, death, right to die on Aug 10th, 2007
The American supermarket tabloid the GLOBE in its 13 August issue, claims that the evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, who had advanced cancer, hastened her own end with heroin. The Globe’s lengthy story begins:-
Tammy Faye Suicide Mystery - Did She Deliberately Overdose?
THE tragic death of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner is shrouded in […]
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At the 14th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, April 19-29, 2007 in Toronto they are presenting the World Premiere of “The Suicide Tourist”, a powerful film that examines the
controversial Swiss non-profit Dignitas, the only organization providing access to legal-assisted suicide for everyone, regardless of nationality, through two intimate and compelling stories of an unforgettable […]
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The right to die: ‘Final Exit’ DVD version, released earlier this year, is now available in VHS format.
‘Final Exit’ on VHS, adapted from the bestselling book by Derek Humphry, is update of previous 2000 VHS version.
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Available only thru the ERGO-Store.
Not available in bookstores.
2006 VHS (update of 2000 Final Exit VHS […]
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EXIT, le droit de mourir (the right to die) was announced the winner of the 5th EBU Golden Link Award by Jean Réveillon, Secretary General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), during the Sunny Side of the Doc in Marseilles, France last week.
As the leading co-production partner, the Swiss […]
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Greetings from Washington DC! We are going to present a new play about euthanasia which we think you and your constituencies might be interested. I wonder if there are any members/ supporters of your organization who live in the DC area. If so, we would like to ask for your kind support in helping us […]
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The whole debate about euthanasia and the right of terminal patients to end their own life has been opened up once again by the death of a a pentaplegic man, Jorge Leon, this weekend.
Eight years ago Spain was gripped by the story of Ramon Sampedro, who became a quadriplegic after a diving accident when he […]
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