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Let Me Die Before I Wake: Hemlock's Book of Self-Deliverance for the Dying

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Tells the stories of the sick and terminally ill who have practiced rational suicide, and discusses the ethical issues

176 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1981

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Derek Humphry

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Derek Humphry 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. From 1988 to 1990, he was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies and was most recently the president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO).
He was the author of several related books, including Jean's Way (1978), The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia (1986), and Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying (1991).

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