The subtitle to this book is "Where, What, and Who in Choices in Dying." Author is Derek Humphry, who also wrote the bestsellers 'Final Exit' and 'Jean's Way'. This 'Good Euthanasia Guide' lists every right-to-die group in the world, and clearly outlines the laws on assisted suicide internationally. It deals with assisted suicide for the terminally or hopelessly ill person, and discusses the possibility of assistance for the elderly sick and untreatably mentally ill, both taboo subjects. Publication date: 14 March 2004
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"He writes authoritatively on the social history of the movement in the United States, the split with Dr. Kevorkian, and the political struggles in Oregon and Maine." --British Medical Journal
"Inspired by guide books for the discerning consumer." -- Reuters
"Inspired by guide books for the discerning consumer." --Reuters
"The book is not a 'how-to' manual, but one that points people towards organizations that will assist a death." -- The Guardian, London
"The book is not a 'how-to' manual, but one that points people towards organizations that will assist a death." --The Guardian, London
"Inspired by guide books for the discerning consumer." --Reuters
"He writes authoritatively on the social history of the movement in the United States, the split with Dr. Kevorkian, and the political struggles in Oregon and Maine." --British Medical Journal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Inspired by guide books for the discerning consumer." -- Reuters
"Inspired by guide books for the discerning consumer." --Reuters
"The book is not a 'how-to' manual, but one that points people towards organizations that will assist a death." -- The Guardian, London
"The book is not a 'how-to' manual, but one that points people towards organizations that will assist a death." --The Guardian, London
"Inspired by guide books for the discerning consumer." --Reuters
"He writes authoritatively on the social history of the movement in the United States, the split with Dr. Kevorkian, and the political struggles in Oregon and Maine." --British Medical Journal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Derek Humphry is a journalist and author of 14 books, the most famous one of which is 'Final Exit' -- 18 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in l991 and still -- in its 3rd edition -- selling consistently. Among other newspapers, Humphry has been on writing staff for the London Daily Mail, London Sunday Times, and the Los Angeles Times. He founded the Hemlock Society in l980, and today is president of ERGO (Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization) and is editor of the 'World Right-to-Die Newsletter.'
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Derek Humphry was born in Bath, England, 04.29.1930 and brought up in a broken family. Despite a poor education, further damaged by six years of war, Derek determined to become a writer. Starting as a newspaper messenger boy on the Yorkshire Post at 15, he worked his way up as a reporter on the Bristol Evening World, the Manchester Evening News to the London Daily Mail, the London Sunday Times and finally the Los Angeles Times.
Always an advocacy journalist, Derek wrote books on race relations, police corruption and a biography of Michael X. For 'Because They're Black' he won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize.
When the wife to whom he had been married for 22 years developed inoperable cancer, he nursed her for two years until she asked him to help her die. Close to the end, Jean chose to end her life with lethal drugs to avoid further suffering. In time, he married again and moved to America.
Derek published in l978 a little book Jean's Way describing Jean's final years and his part in helping her to die peacefully. It became a bestseller and was translated into major languages.
The public response to the book caused him to start the Hemlock Society USA in 1980 from his garage in Santa Monica. Hemlock's purpose was to help people in similar situations as Jean's and also to reform the laws to permit physician-assisted suicide.
Derek built Hemlock into a national organization, with 40,000 members and 80 chapters. In l991 he wrote 'Final Exit' - a 'how-to' book for the dying to bring their suffering to an end if they chose. To much surprise, it became a #1 bestseller within six months. It was translated into 12 languages. Random House keeps the 3rd edition of 'Final Exit' in print in 2010, and it is still in print in Spanish and Italian. USA TODAY in 2007 chose it as one of the most significant books of the past 25 years.
His latest book is a memoir --'Good Life, Good Death' -- covering 79 years of an eventful life -- ranging from an unusual childhood in a broken home, a father in prison, a mother who ran away to Australia, then experiencing an ugly war which started when he was nine. The book relates his remarkable experiences in journalism, outstanding interviews with famous people, and his struggle against racism. Derek immigrated to the USA at age 48.
The second half of the memoir deals with his impact on the right to die movement in America, starting and building the Hemlock Society for 12 years, and pioneering the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (l994), the first such physician-assisted suicide law in North America.
Proud to be a paperback writer, Derek has published 15 books in 40 years. Only two have been hardbacks.
Derek is president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO), chairman of the advisory board of the Final Exit Network (successor to the now defunct Hemlock Society), and an advisor to the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, of which he has been president.
Although unlettered himself, Derek has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, USC, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and others.
In his book "A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America,' Ian Dowbiggin
writes: "Humphry ranks as one of the preeminent pioneers of the American euthanasia movement." (OUP. 2003. Page 149). In their book 'Dying Right', the authors Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink write: "Derek Humphry is widely acknowledged to be the initiatior of the euthanasia reform movement in the United States." (Routledge NY 2001. Page 82.)
A citizen of the USA and UK, he lived in Los Angeles l978-88 and since then in western Oregon. He has been married to Gretchen (nee Crocker) since l991.
[Update: 22 March 2010]
Always an advocacy journalist, Derek wrote books on race relations, police corruption and a biography of Michael X. For 'Because They're Black' he won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize.
When the wife to whom he had been married for 22 years developed inoperable cancer, he nursed her for two years until she asked him to help her die. Close to the end, Jean chose to end her life with lethal drugs to avoid further suffering. In time, he married again and moved to America.
Derek published in l978 a little book Jean's Way describing Jean's final years and his part in helping her to die peacefully. It became a bestseller and was translated into major languages.
The public response to the book caused him to start the Hemlock Society USA in 1980 from his garage in Santa Monica. Hemlock's purpose was to help people in similar situations as Jean's and also to reform the laws to permit physician-assisted suicide.
Derek built Hemlock into a national organization, with 40,000 members and 80 chapters. In l991 he wrote 'Final Exit' - a 'how-to' book for the dying to bring their suffering to an end if they chose. To much surprise, it became a #1 bestseller within six months. It was translated into 12 languages. Random House keeps the 3rd edition of 'Final Exit' in print in 2010, and it is still in print in Spanish and Italian. USA TODAY in 2007 chose it as one of the most significant books of the past 25 years.
His latest book is a memoir --'Good Life, Good Death' -- covering 79 years of an eventful life -- ranging from an unusual childhood in a broken home, a father in prison, a mother who ran away to Australia, then experiencing an ugly war which started when he was nine. The book relates his remarkable experiences in journalism, outstanding interviews with famous people, and his struggle against racism. Derek immigrated to the USA at age 48.
The second half of the memoir deals with his impact on the right to die movement in America, starting and building the Hemlock Society for 12 years, and pioneering the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (l994), the first such physician-assisted suicide law in North America.
Proud to be a paperback writer, Derek has published 15 books in 40 years. Only two have been hardbacks.
Derek is president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO), chairman of the advisory board of the Final Exit Network (successor to the now defunct Hemlock Society), and an advisor to the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, of which he has been president.
Although unlettered himself, Derek has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, USC, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and others.
In his book "A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America,' Ian Dowbiggin
writes: "Humphry ranks as one of the preeminent pioneers of the American euthanasia movement." (OUP. 2003. Page 149). In their book 'Dying Right', the authors Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink write: "Derek Humphry is widely acknowledged to be the initiatior of the euthanasia reform movement in the United States." (Routledge NY 2001. Page 82.)
A citizen of the USA and UK, he lived in Los Angeles l978-88 and since then in western Oregon. He has been married to Gretchen (nee Crocker) since l991.
[Update: 22 March 2010]
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Somewhat of a dissappointment. While it gives a good summary of the legal and other battles regarding Euthanasia, it does not provide the sort of information promised on the front cover: Where, what and who in choices of dying. It was on the basis of this that I bought the book and could not find any real info on this.
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Theory and Law only,
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For those of who need a book on ending your life with dignity, this book is merely theoretical. There are no recipes for death such as in earlier books. Oh, well.
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It's a desk reference book,
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This is a desk reference book for those researching euthanasia and assisted suicide, not a 'how-to' book like my 'Final Exit'---the author 11.9.09 Final Exit (Third Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
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- Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition by Derek Humphry on 5 pages
- Last Wish by Betty Rollin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Death of a Man by Lael Tucker Wertenbaker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer in Back Matter
- Promises in the Dark by H. James in Back Matter
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