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Five Last Acts - The Exit Path (2015 edition): The arts and science of rational suicide in the face of unbearale, unrelievable suffering
Five Last Acts The Exit Path The arts and science of rational suicide in the face of unbearale unrelievable suffering - 2015 edition Author:Chris Docker This is a major update to the 2013 edition, with extensive new coverage of nitrogen, problems with helium, and other methods of self-euthanasia for those at the end of their life or simply suffering unbearably and unrelievably when palliative care options have been exhausted (as far as the individual him or herself is concerned). This mammoth wo... more »rk is the largest and most comprehensive work available on the subject with hundreds of diagrams and photographs. Each section includes both simple and practical lay information and, for those wanting to check the information against other sources, vast supporting references from the fields of medicine, physics, physiology, and neurology, as well as comparative arguments and rebuttal of criticisms. Related subjects such as discussions with the family, handling dementia and the alternative of the Swiss clinics are examined for the benefit of the reader, allowing a weighing up of different options. The best peer-reviewed evidence from clinical studies on facing the moment of death is explained. Methods of self-deliverance not discussed elsewhere are also examined and legal hurdles are explained.« less