http://www.finalexit.org//ergo-store en Copyright (c) 2010 ERGO Bookstore ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:07:25 -0500 Zen-Cart v. 2.0.3 28.09.2007 19:21 RSS 2.0 Feed 1440 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=202 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=202 ]]> Good Life, Good Death (eBook PDF) Memoir of how a writer became an euthanasia advocate by Derek Humphry Founder of the Hemlock Society & Author of Final Exit • Norris Lane Press • Nov. 2008 • 344 pages • 19 chapters with photos • 3.85 MB eBook PDF • ISBN 0-9768283-3-2 / 978-0-9768283-3-4 • $8.00 • No shipping charge for eBooks ‘Good Life, Good Death’ is also available as a paperback Good Life, Good Death Book Description: For more than 30 years Derek Humphry has trail-blazed the right to die movement in America and the world. He founded the Hemlock Society USA, pioneered the Oregon Death With Dignity Act and wrote the bestselling books Jean’s Way and Final Exit. To know why he has maintained this struggle for choice in dying against powerful religious and political forces it is necessary to understand the whole man. In this candid memoir (a paperback original) he tells of his broken family, wartime experiences as a boy in England, and rising from the lowest to the highest rungs of journalism on two continents. He tells the moving story of his first wife’s terminal cancer and her way of ending it by assisted suicide which later became the model for the Oregon law. Painful episodes from his second marriage and the much publicized divorce are frankly detailed. Today Derek Humphry is regarded as the grand old man of a euthanasia movement in which he remains deeply involved. A dual citizen of the USA and the UK, he has lived in Oregon for 22 years. See what the book is all about by viewing this sample ‘Good Life, Good Death’ sample excerpt PDF containing pages from the book including preface, introduction, and table of contents. ]]> ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=202 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:48:02 -0500 8.00 USD 202 1000 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/images/large/GLGD_halfpage2_LRG.gif http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=201 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=201 ]]> Final Exit ‘Digital Edition’ (eBook PDF) The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society • Revised 3rd edition in digital format - Updated April 2010 • eBook available only at the ERGO Store • eBook PDF • 750KB • 214 pages • ISBN 0-3853365-3-5 • Price: $25.00 • No shipping charges for eBooks Purchasers of Final Exit Digital Edition - Please scroll down below the product description to read special download instructions. Final Exit Book Description: The most famous textbook in euthanasia and assisted suicide. Includes unique step-by-step language for a competent adult who is terminally or hopelessly ill and wishing to bring their life to a peaceful, non-violent end. This can be achieved without Dr. Kevorkian or any doctor. Drug dosages and helium gas techniques are described and illustrated. See what this eBook is all about. View this sample PDF containing several ‘Final Exit’ page excerpts, the table of contents and author biography. Much the same methods are used by Dignitas in Switzerland, and the right to die groups in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Colombia, and countries where euthanasia laws have been passed. (Except for Switzerland, these laws can only be used by residents, under strict guidelines.) The American states of Oregon and Washington have voted for physician-assisted suicide -- but only for its residents who are competent adults and terminally ill. ‘Final Exit’ also outlines the legal complications connected with dying, death, hastened death, euthanasia laws, suicide, Living Wills and Advance Directives. The family aspect is discussed (‘Whom to you tell?’) and the advisability of a ‘suicide note’ (with sample) is addressed. The problems with life insurance are clarified. The difficult issues of double suicide and hastened death for persons with disabilities are frankly discussed. Appendices references include: glossary of terms connected with dying; alternative euphemistic terms for assisted dying and death; International and US right-to-die law including the Oregon Death With Dignity Act; etc. This digital edition of ‘Final Exit’ matches the current updated 3rd edition paperback. Both the paperback and digital edition is much updated from the earlier editions of the paperback, which date from 1991 when it was a Number One Bestseller on the New York Times nonfiction list. For instance, the first and second editions did not contain the helium gas technique now used by hundreds of people for their own euthanasia. The new edition also includes new drug dosages plus updated guidance on plastic bag and other techniques. The digital edition of ‘Final Exit’ contains a clearly laid out, and easy to use Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, which the reader is strongly encouraged to print and complete. The tragic lessons of Terri Schiavo’s fourteen long years trapped in a persistent vegetative state, and the ugly fight over her fate, must not be lost on us. In April of 2007, the national newspaper USA TODAY selected ‘Final Exit’ as one of the 25 most memorable books published in the last quarter century. The papers’ editors and critics said: "The topic of assisted suicide exploded in controversy in the 90’s, thanks to the Michigan pathologist Jack Kevorkian and his suicide machine, and this how-to manual [Final Exit] from an English journalist who helped his cancer-stricken first wife kill herself." If you are asking the question ‘what is assisted suicide?’ or ‘what is euthanasia and assisted death?’ then this exit book provides the clearest answers. There is, as yet, no simple ‘peaceful pill’ for self euthanasia, and law reform is lagging behind public opinion, so until then ‘Final Exit’ is the solution. • Read an excerpt from ‘Final Exit’ 3rd edition. • Click the link at the bottom of this description for more information about ‘Final Exit’. ‘Final Exit, Digital Edition’ and the Final Exit DVD video are a matched set and complement each other. The Final Exit DVD Video is also available on VHS. ‘Final Exit, 3rd edition’ is also available in paperback here. * * * * * * * * * * The author, Derek Humphry, who has 30 years experience in the death with dignity movement, in 1975 helped his first wife Jean to die when suffering a lingering death from breast cancer. His book on that event, ‘Jean’s Way’ is a cult classic. Five years after her death he founded the Hemlock Society, which he ran from 1980 to 1992. (Hemlock was later merged into another organization, Compassion and Choices.) Today Humphry runs the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO), a nonprofit organization based in Oregon. He is a policy adviser to the American group, the Final Exit Network, and to the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, of which he was president in 1988-90. A citizen of both the UK and USA, Humphry lives near Eugene, Oregon. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS: IMPORTANT: When submitting your order for ‘Final Exit, Digital Edition’, you will be presented with a download button to download the eBook PDF. At that time you can download your eBook and choose to save to your hard drive. However, BEFORE opening your eBook you MUST wait for ERGO to email your personal license key to view or print your eBook PDF. Delivery of your personal license key generally will occur within a few hours, the same day of your order, during ERGO office hours. ERGO is located in Oregon USA in Pacific Time Zone. Please allow 24 hours for email delivery (48 hours on weekends). To ensure proper delivery of your personal license key be sure to enter your correct email address when ordering or when setting up your ERGO Store account profile. Note: Customers ordering via Google Checkout who choose to obscure their email address from ERGO, will receive an email from Google containing a custom generated Google checkout email address which must be used to log into the ERGO Store to download Final Exit Digital Edition PDF. By ordering ‘Final Exit, Digital Edition’ you are granted permission to store your eBook PDF on one home computer and one laptop computer (if both computers are owned by the same person) and permission is provided to print one single copy for your personal use. If you have any questions please contact ERGO. ]]> ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=201 Tue, 18 May 2010 17:22:43 -0500 25.00 USD 201 1000 2 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/images/large/FE_Digital_Edition_Final_LRG.jpg http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=193 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=193 ]]> The Good Euthanasia Guide: Where, What, and Who in Choices in Dying (eBook PDF format) by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit • 2008 edition • Norris Lane Press • eBook PDF format • 715KB • 220 pages • ISBN 0-9637280-8-3 • Price: $10.00 • No shipping charge for eBooks NOTE: This a downloadable eBook PDF. The printed paperback version of this same book is available through ERGO-Store at The Good Euthanasia Guide (paperback) The Good Euthanasia Guide (2008) Book Description: Updated 2008 edition of this unique euthanasia desk reference book for those who wish to know more about common sense choices in dying at the end of life. A companion book to the New York Times bestselling ‘how-to-do-it-yourself’ "Final Exit", the "The Good Euthanasia Guide" is a 'where-to' and 'why' book containing 220 pages of vital, diverse information about self-deliverance, assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. "The Good Euthanasia Guide" is inspired by the likes of ‘where-to’ books such as "The Good Restaurant Guide" and "Good Hotel Guide." Summary of content: • Chronicle of events in the right-to-die sphere dating from 1906 to 2008. This chronicle compiled by author Derek Humphry will not be found anywhere else. It is an essential for any serious student of euthanasia. • Constructive analysis of the work done in the l990s by Dr. Jack Kevorkian in helping those who wanted suicide to end their suffering. • How the Hemlock Society came to abrupt end in a take-over after 23 years and the future of the right-to-die movement is reported upon. • An annotated list of every right-to-die group in the world. • Descriptions of the assisted suicide laws in almost every country. Describes in detail how aid-in-dying laws are functioning in the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon. • Details about the remarkable work done by Dignitas and EXIT in Switzerland are reported. • Filmography, listing every major movie and TV film which involves death with dignity issues. • Bibliography of the most important books on the subject. Reuters news agency wrote about this book: “Inspired by guide books for the discerning customer.” ]]> ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=193 Mon, 10 May 2010 18:43:49 -0500 10.00 USD 193 1002 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/images/large/GEG-front-12pc-Q60_LRG.gif http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=186 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=186 ]]>Let Me Die Before I Wake (eBook) by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society Price: $7.00 • No shipping charge on eBook PDF's Downloadable eBook PDF format • 1.5MB 177 pages • 1986 • Dell ISBN 0-440-50477-5 Available only through the ERGO Store. eBook PDF format only. The paperback edition is out of print. • Description: This book contains the true stories of persons dying of a terminal or hopeless illness and how they achieved their desired assisted death. It was written by journalist and author Derek Humphry ten years before his famous 'how-to' bestseller 'Final Exit'; nevertheless Let Me Die contains crucial drug, technical and personal information needed for successful euthanasia. Let Me Die was the main publication of the original Hemlock Society and has helped thousands to achieve the right to die in peace and dignity. It has been factually updated and extended over time in new editions. "But the good advice on assisted death within the book never dates," said author Humphry. In this book the author argues that bringing about a self euthanasia is more than popping deadly pills: it concerns also family inter-personal relationships, ways to avoid legal troubles, and how not to botch what should be a peaceful and dignified death. Legally the action is a 'suicide' but the word more appropriately used by many persons is 'self-deliverance' because this action is a deliberate exit at the end of life. So-called 'Living Wills' (Advance Directives) are advocated and discussed in the book. Such documents are a useful backup for ensuring the right to die. ]]> ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=186 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:23:11 -0500 7.00 USD 186 1000 4 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/images/large/LetMeDie-19pcQ60_LRG.gif http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=185 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=185 ]]> Jean's Way: A Love Story by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society Downloadable eBook PDF Format • (1.1MB) Price: $6.00 No shipping charge on eBook PDF's 2003 Reprint • Norris Lane Press ISBN 0-9637280-7-5 ebook PDF • 160 pages The moving account of a terminally ill woman's carefully planned self-deliverance from suffering. 2003 printing updated with new preface. Description: This is the true, moving account of a woman with advanced terminal illness who planned to hasten her end with the help of her husband, Derek Humphry. Not only was assisted suicide against the law but it was also a huge taboo. But Jean Humphry proceeded with her plan so that she could die in peace and dignity in her own home rather than in hospital. This was an individual decision; the couple did not know then (1975) about euthanasia and assisted suicide, which later became highly controversial as the right to die issue mushroomed. Living Wills were then just becoming known. She had suffered for more than two years from breast cancer, and now it had spread into her whole body. She decided it was her time for an assisted death. At Jean's request, Derek had secured a lethal overdose from a sympathetic doctor and stored it in a secure place in their home in Wiltshire, England. When the pain and distress became too great to bear, Jean asked for the drugs so that she could die that afternoon. When she was ready, Derek mixed the lethal potion into a mug of coffee. After saying 'Goodbye, My Love' Jean emptied the drink and died within the hour. Three years later Derek (already a journalist on the London Sunday Times and author of 'Because They're Black') published this memoir. It became a bestseller in the UK and was translated into four languages. The popularity of 'Jean's Way' started the movement to legalize assisted suicide as a choice for competent adults at the end of life. It foreshadowed the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, in the passing of which Derek was a team player. Derek founded the Hemlock Society USA to campaign for greater acceptance of justifiable assisted suicide and also wrote the international bestselling book 'Final Exit.' Both in the application of the new Oregon law and Swiss law, with legally approved ways of assisting deaths at the end of life, Jean's way is the method used. In Switzerland it is used by DIGNITAS and EXIT. Read an extract from the book Jean's Way: A Love Story Order a printed version of this book at Jean's Way: A Love Story (printed version) See link below for more info. ]]> ergo-store-support@finalexit.org (ERGO Bookstore) http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=185 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:14:36 -0500 6.00 USD 185 1000 5 http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/images/large/jw-frnt-12-5pcQ60_LRG.gif