Assisted-Suicide Blog by ERGO/Derek Humphry

Read essays by Derek Humphry on actually helping a loved one to die and other topics at www.assistedsuicide.org.

World Right-to-Die Organizations Directory

Quest for the Peaceful Pill

For Newcomers to the Subject: Read a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) on right-to-die issues.

Also For Newcomers: List of terms used in the field of euthanasia in this glossary.

Examine an extensive bibliography of books on the right-to-die, euthanasia and suicide.

How voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is practiced in The Netherlands and in Switzerland.

Read summaries of two Supreme Court rulings in Washington v. Glucksberg and in Vacco v. Quill.

A Twentieth Century Chronology of Voluntary Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide. (1906-2003)

Read the complete Oregon Death With Dignity Act, 1994, and the voting figures for it in 1994 and 1997. In its first five years, a total of 129 people used this law to bring their terminal illness to an end.

FINAL EXIT:
The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
by Derek Humphry

$16 + shipping
Revised 3rd edition
    w/ Addendum Supplement (2007)

Euthanasia’s most famous textbook. The ultimate ‘how-to’ textbook selling worldwide since 1991. (Includes addendum supplement available ONLY through ERGO-Store).

All new purchases of the Final Exit paperback through ERGO-Store receive the ‘Final Exit, 3rd Edition’ Addendum (2007 Supplement) at no extra charge. More info...

FINAL EXIT
ON DVD
by Derek Humphry

2006 • 46 min • NTSC
DVD: $20 + shipping
VHS: $25 + shipping

Available ONLY through ERGO-Store.

Final Exit on DVD (or VHS) is an adjunct resource to Final Exit, 3rd edition book and Final Exit Addendum. 2006 update of the 2000 Final Exit VHS video. Includes demonstration of the helium bag method. Graphics and and titles illustrating helium tank setup and step-by-step procedures for self-deliverance. This guidance is for the possible use by a terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult who wishes to avoid further unrelieved pain and distress. Self-deliverance (a.k.a. rational suicide) is not a crime. Directed, written & narrated by Derek Humphry. More info...

Both DVD and VHS available at ERGO-Store

ADDENDUM (Supplement) TO
FINAL EXIT, 3rd Edition
by Derek Humphry

Updated 2007
$6 printed version
$5 downloadable eDoc/PDF

Available ONLY through ERGO-Store. Not available in bookstores.

2007 Addendum update to the New York Times best seller ‘Final Exit, 3rd Edition’ (see above). This guidance is for the possible use by a terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult who wishes to avoid further unrelieved pain and distress. Includes refinement to helium bag techniques, latest news on availability of barbiturates and sensitive guidance on the moment of death. New Purchases of Final Exit through ERGO-Store receive the Addendum with the paperback free-of-charge. More info...

Available in printed format and
downloadable eDoc (PDF)

THE GOOD EUTHANASIA GUIDE:
Where, What, and Who in Choices in Dying.
by Derek Humphry

Updated 2006 edition • 218 pages
$14 + shipping
$10 downloadable eDoc/PDF

A unique desk reference. Includes vital information about assisted suicide and euthanasia. New chapter dealing with the future of the right-to-die movement. All the world's right to die organizations are listed, a summary of international laws, a filmography and a bibliography. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and work are reported on. More info...

Available in paperback and downloadable eBook (PDF)

JEAN’S WAY:
A Love Story
by Derek Humphry

2003 edition • 160 pages
$12 + shipping • $6 eDoc PDF

Latest edition of the best known story on assisted suicide. A moving account of a terminallty ill woman's carefully planned self-deliverance from suffering. Read an extract at ERGO-Store. More info...

NEW! Spanish language version
2007 reprint of 1978 Spanish edition • 170 pages
$12 paperback • $6 eDoc PDF

English and Spanish editions available in both paperback
book format and downloadable eBook (PDF) format

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Is This The Day?, an excerpt from the book “Jean’s Way” by Derek Humphry.

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