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Derek Humphry (29 April 1930 – 2 January 2025) was a British and American journalist and author. He was a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die . In 1980 he co-founded the Hemlock Society , and in 2004 after the Society dissolved, he co-founded Final Exit Network .
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.
In 2003, the national organization renamed itself End of Life Choices. In 2004, former members of the Hemlock Society Derek Humphry and Faye Girsh, founded the Final Exit Network, [4] [self-published source] after Humphry's 1991 book of the same name. [5] In 2004, End-of-Life Choices merged with Compassion in Dying, which became Compassion ...
The Final Exit Network traces its history to the Hemlock Society. It was founded in 1980 primarily by British-born American journalist and author Derek Humphry, his late wife Ann Wickett Humphry, Canadian former Presbyterian minister-turned-skeptic Gerald A. Larue, [16] and psychologist Dr. Faye Girsh. [17]
In 1980 the Hemlock Society USA was founded in Santa Monica by Derek Humphry. It was the first group in the United States to provide information to the terminally ill in case they wanted a hastened death. Hemlock also campaigned and partially financed drives to reform the law.
The suicide bag with inert gas method was originally developed by John Hofsess and the NuTech group, which consisted of Hofsess, Derek Humphry, engineers and physicians. [9] In the book Final Exit by Derek Humphry, a suicide bag was described as a large plastic bag with an adjustable velcro strip around the neck.
Compassion & Choices is the successor to the Hemlock Society, [3] [better source needed] and Compassion In Dying Federation; the organizations merged in 2007. The organization has a staff of 80 people located across the country.
Jean's Way (originally subtitled A Love Story), a book by Derek Humphry, is an account of Humphry's terminally ill wife's planned suicide from suffering. The book is his first on the issue of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide .