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Derek Humphry

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born

April 29, 1930 in Bath, The United Kingdom

gender

male

genre

Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body, Social Sciences

influences

Death and dying, euthanasia

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Derek Humphry is a British-born American journalist, author and principal founder in 1980 of the Hemlock Society USA and past president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, both of which support the notion of decriminalization of voluntary euthanasia. He is the author of Jean's Way and the bestseller Final Exit; he is also the president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization and adviser to the Final Exit Network. He lives in Junction City, Oregon.

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Books by Derek Humphry

Average rating: 3.55 · 174 ratings · 33 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying 3.51 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1991 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-to-Die Movement by Derek Humphry, Mary Clement 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jean's Way 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Let Me Die Before I Wake: Hemlock's Book of Self-Deliverance for the Dying 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Let Me Die Before I Wake & Supplement to Final Exit 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Dying with Dignity: Understanding Euthanasia 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:
	False Messiah: The Story Of Michael X 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Let Me Die Before I Wake 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984	My rating:
	The Right To Die: Understanding Euthanasia by Derek Humphry, Ann Wickett 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lawful Exit: The Limits of Freedom for Help in Dying 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating: