Final Exit

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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 (defunct) Hemlock Society in 1980 and co-founded the Final Exit Network in 2004. The book was published in 1991 by the Hemlock Society US in hardback. The following year, its 2nd edition was published by Dell in trade paperback. An updated edition was published in 2010. The book, often described as a "suicide manual", describes the means that the terminally ill may use to end their lives. The book outlines relevant laws, techniques, and living wills. Final Exit was perceived as controversial, and it drove debate regarding the right to die. Another concern was that people who were mentally ill could use information in the book to end their lives. Despite the controversy, Final Exit reached #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in...

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