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Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, often shortened to just Final Exit, is a 1991 book written by Derek Humphry, a British-born American journalist, author, and assisted suicide advocate who co-founded the now-defunct Hemlock Society in 1980 and co-founded the Final Exit Network in 2004.
Derek Humphry (29 April 1930 – 2 January 2025) was a British and American journalist and author notable as a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die.In 1980, he co-founded the Hemlock Society and, in 2004, after that organization dissolved, he co-founded Final Exit Network.
A suicide bag, also known as an exit bag or hood, [1] [2] is part of a euthanasia device consisting of a large plastic bag with a drawcord used to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. It is usually used in conjunction with a flow of an inert gas that is lighter or less dense than air, like helium or nitrogen .
"Final Exit" is about being dead rather than living a life full of pain. The lyrics were written by Fear Factory; the voice heard at the beginning of the song is that of Derek Humphry, who started the Death with Dignity movement and is the author of the best selling book Final Exit: the Practicalities of Self Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying.
Final Exit Network, Inc. (FEN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit right to die advocacy group incorporated under Florida law. [1] It holds that mentally competent adults who suffer from a terminal illness , intractable pain, or irreversible physical (though not necessarily terminal) conditions have a right to voluntarily end their lives . [ 2 ]
The Final Exit is a 2017 Indian Hindi supernatural horror film. [2] It is directed by Dhwanil Mehta and produced by Vishal Rana & Mrunal Jhaveri. [4] It stars Kunaal Roy Kapur, Archana Shastry, Elena Kazan, Reyhna Malhotra and Scarlett Wilson. [5] [1] The film was released on 22 September 2017. [6] [1]
The Peaceful Pill Handbook is a book that provides information on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia.Written by the Australian doctor Philip Nitschke and lawyer Fiona Stewart, it was originally published in the U.S. in 2006.
Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". [2]