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Note: This list contains some "do it yourself" books on hastening death. They are intended to guide terminally ill individuals whose quality of life has shrunk to nothing. They are not intended to help depressed people commit suicide. If you are depressed and/or distressed we urge you to get professional help or to call a suicide prevention line, crisis or distress center. Their telephone numbers can often be found at the beginning of your telephone book.

bulletMax Charlesworth, "Bioethics in a Liberal Society", Cambridge Univ. Press, Oakleigh, (1993) Order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
bulletGeoffrey Drutchas, "Is life sacred?" Pilgrim Press, (1999) Read reviews/order this book
bulletPeter Filene, "In the arms of others: A cultural history of the right-to-die in America," Ivan R. Dee, (1998)  "...illuminates the unique historical, cultural, and bioethical issues bedeviling treatment of the terminally ill and assisted suicide in this country." Read reviews/order this book
bulletS.B. Geis, Ed,. D.E. Messer, contributor, "How shall we die?: Helping Christians debate assisted suicide," Abingdon Press, (1997). A range of viewpoints, from conservative to liberal are covered.  Read reviews/order this book
bulletCarrie Gordon, "Prescribing death," Focus on the Family. This report speculates that the "right to die" may become "the duty to die" in the future for elderly, disabled or depressed family members. See: http://www.family.org/resources/itempg.cfm?
bulletDerek Humphry, "Let me die before I wake: Hemlock's book of self-deliverance for the dying," National Hemlock Society, (1991). Apparently only available in large print. Read reviews/order this book
bulletDerek Humphry, "Final exit: The practicalities of self-deliverance and assisted suicide for the dying," Bantam Doubleday Dell, (1997) " 'Final Exit' is an invaluable book for those with terminal illness who wish to consider self-deliverance (hastened death).Read reviews/order this book This is one of the most popular books ordered by visitors to this web site.
bulletAnne Mullens, "Timely Death", Knopf (1996) Read reviews/order this book
bulletBetty Rollin, "Last wish," Public Affairs (1998) "...an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die." Read reviews/order this book
bulletGeo. Stone, "Suicide and attempted suicide: methods and consequences," Carroll & Graf, (1999). "This is essentially a guide on how to commit suicide, or alternatively, stage a 'safe'' suicidal gesture." Read reviews/order this book This is another of the most popular books ordered by visitors to this web site.
bulletMarilyn Webb, et al., "The good death: The new American search to reshape the end of life," Bamtam Books, (1997) "...Marilyn Webb has written the one essential book we all need to understand and deal with these new realities." Read reviews/order this book
bulletJohn West, "The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides,"  Counterpoint, (2009). Read reviews/order this book. This book received a five star rating -- the highest -- from Amazon.com customers.
bulletSue Woodman, "Last rights: The struggle over the right to die," Plenum Press, (1998) "This detailed look at the right-to-die movement is as impressive for its compassion as it is for its scope." Read reviews/order this book

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