Assisted Final Exit Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying 2002

FINAL EXIT Derek Humphry 3ed
CONTENTS 6
1 The Most Difficult Decision 25
2 Shopping for the Right Doctor 33
3 Beware of the Law 39
4 The Hospice Option 47
5 The Cyanide Enigma
6 Death Hollywood Style 60
7 Bizarre Ways to Die 65
8 The Dilemma of the
Severely Handicapped 74
9 Self-Starvation 82
10 The Will to Die and
\"Miracle Cures\" 87
11 Who Shall Know? 93
12 Life Insurance 97
13 After the Self-Deliverance 100
14 A Private Matter? 105
15 Psychological Support
for the Dying 111
16 Letters to Be Written 116
17 Going Together? 121
18 When Is the Time to Die? 125
19 How Do You Get the
\"Magic Pills\"? 133
20 Storing Drugs 141
21 Death in the Family Car 145
22 Self-Deliverance Using a
Plastic Bag 148
23 A Speedier Way: Inert Gases 154
24 The Checklist 165
25 The Final Act 168
26 The Risky Drugs 179
26.1 Drug Dosage Table for Use in Self-Deliverance from a Terminal Illness 185
27 Physician- and NonPhysician
-Assisted Suicide 189
APPENDIX A
Glossary of Terms Connected with Dying 197
APPENDIX D
A Living Will and Durable Power of
Attorney for Health care 220
Books to Read 231
INDEX 233
Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
(ERGO!)
About the Author 246
Praise/or FINAL EXIT 248
Other books by Derek Humphry 249