Humphry, Derek. Final exit: the practicalities of self deliverance and assisted suicide for the dying. New York, U.S.A. : Dell Publishing, 1991. 215p. ISBN 0-440-50488-0   W50 H928f  1991

CONTENTS

Introduction to the Paperback Edition - XV
Introduction - XVII
Foreword by Betty Rollin - XXIII

PART 1
SELF-DELIVERANCE FOR THE DYING PERSON
1. The Most Difficult Decision - 3
2. Shopping for the Right Doctor - 8
3. Beware of the Law - 13
4. The Hospice Option - 19
5. The Cyanide Enigma - 23
6. Death-Hollywood Style? - 33
7. Bizarre Ways to Die - 37
8. The Dilemma of Quadriplegics - 46
9. Self-Starvation - 52
10. The Will to Die and "Miracle Cures" - 55
11. Storing Drugs - 60
12. Who Shall Know? - 63
13. Insurance - 66
14. Will There Be an Autopsy? - 69
15. A Private Affair? - 74
16. Support Groups for the Dying - 78
17. Letters to Be Written - 81
18. How Do You Get the Magic Pills? - 84
19. Self-Deliverance via the Plastic Bag - 90
20. Going Together? - 96
21. When Is the Time to Die? - 100
22. The Final Act  - 107
23. A Checklist  - 115
Drug Dosage Table - 119
Footnotes to Drug Dosage Table - 127

PART 2
EUTHANASIA INVOLVING DOCTORS AND NURSES
1. Justifiable Euthanasia - 133
2. A Doctor's Suicide Machine - 140
3. Euthanasia by Physicians - 154
4. Nurses on the Frontline - 162
5. Euthanasia in Practice - 166