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“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
-Winston Churchill
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”Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying.” by Derek Humphry
A useful guide for terminally ill and dying patients, their loved ones and the physicians willing to risk their careers to help them die with dignity
As a guide, Final Exit by Derek Humphry blends many styles of writing to advise terminally ill people who want to die with dignity and those who support and take care of them. Final Exit is part instruction manual, part memoir. … Continue reading
No One Dies Alone
Volunteer Program Provides Dignity and Companionship at the End of Life
Since November 2001, the No One Dies Alone program has offered companionship for dying patients who no longer have friends or family nearby to comfort them at the end-of-life. The program originated in Eugene, Oregon. After ICU nurse Sandra Clarke … Continue reading
The Ongoing Aid-in-Dying Debate
A Panel of Experts In Hawaii Have Concluded that Physician-Assisted Dying is Legal
Hawaii may be on its way to becoming the fourth state that legalizes physician-assisted dying. A ten-person panel of experts on Hawaii law, medicine, elder care, legislation, and end-of-life issues convened in Honolulu, in a conference aptly titled, Is Physician-Assisted … Continue reading
How to Die in Oregon by Peter Richardson
HBO’s How to Die in Oregon is a Heart-Wrenching Experience
Peter Richardson’s documentary How to Die in Oregon, which premiered last night on HBO, is not easy viewing. Throughout its 108 minutes people die, discuss their death beforehand, say last goodbyes to their children, and slog through the last stages … Continue reading
The Legal Progress of Aid in Dying
Does an Election in Vermont Suggest a Changing Political Reality?
There are a handful of issues in American politics that consistently enflame passions, aggravate divisions, and defy solutions. Debates over the death penalty, abortion, and Second Amendment protection call into question our basic understanding of life and its relation to … Continue reading
