Active Euthanasia And The Colombian Constitutional Court
The Colombian Constitution provides a solid basis for decriminalizing merciful homicide, when a person who is undergoing intense suffering caused…
A Good Death – A Challenge To Law And Medical Ethics
by Rodney Syme, MD What is a good death? Well, it is the antithesis of a bad death. In my…
A Christian Perspective on Choice in Dying
by Bishop Shelby Spong I want them to remember me as a person who was vital to the end, as…
Death: A Friend to be Welcomed Not an Enemy to be Defeated
Keynote speech to the 13th National Hemlock Conference 1/10/03 by John Shelby Spong, Eighth Episcopal Bishop of Newark I am…
Myths Concerning Terminal Sedation And Morphine
By Erwin J. D. Kompanje - Translated from Dutch into English from the NNVE newsletter 'RELEVANT'. (Vol.30. Number 1.2004):- …
Depression and Planned Death
by Faye Girsh, Ed.D. If you’re thinking about ending your life maybe you are depressed. Depression is a treatable condition…
Are you Ready to Die ?
A quiz that tests whether you might be a candidate for an assisted, hastened death.
What Broke My Father’s Heart
By Katy Butler, New York Times Magazine, June 18, 2010 This article was an influential article and prompted two excellent…
Letting Go-What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?
By Atul Gawande - The New Yorker - Aug. 20, 2010 "Our medical system is excellent at trying to stave…
Faye Girsh’s Report of the April 2011 trial of the state of Arizona vs. Dr. Larry Egbert and Frank Langsner who were being tried for providing assistance to Phoenix resident Jana Van Voorhis who died after receiving information and support from the Final Exit Network
Day 1 -- Monday, April 4, 2011 Jury selection begins this morning in the historical case of Arizona vs Dr.…
A Personal Tribute to Jack Kevorkian
by Faye Girsh, President Hemlock Society of San Diego Love him or hate him, Jack Kevorkian was the face of…
Right of Way
With Bette Davis and Jimmy Stewart An older couple want to die together despite the daughter's protestations.
Amour (shown at a movie theatre)
An older man caring for his wife who has repeated strokes. Read Faye Girsh's analysis of how the death in…
Grace Quigley
Old lady finds a reluctant hit man to help her older friends die. With Katherine Hepburn and Nick Nolte.
Will this Death be an “Irrational Suicide” or a “Voluntary Death”?
by James Leonard Park Criteria for differentiating rational from irrational self-delivered death.
How Doctors Choose to Die–NYU’s Love & Let Die symposium
Even the best palliative care can’t always help
The Barbarian Invasions
Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. Canadian fictional account of a disagreeable man who dies peacefully.…
Dying the Good Death: The Kate Granger Story
by Lindsey Fitzharris in Medium Kate Granger, a 31-year-old physician who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of sarcoma and…
The Suicide Plan
A thorough documentary on a subject rarely explored, assistance in dying. It covers the Final Exit Network and other right…
A Short Stay in Switzerland
A fictional account of a true story of a doctor going to Dignitas to die.
An Impossible Choice
by Joanne Faryon - KPBS Morning Edition This page of video and audio gives you a glimpse of what it…
How to Die in Oregon
Award Winning Documentary - including 2011 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Award This exceptional film documents how physician…
Sorrows of Dementia Don’t Get Easier Over Time
By Logan Jenkins, Union Tribune, Aug 5, 2014. And Response by Faye Girsh, Ed.D., President of the Hemlock Society of…
Dying Wish
Documentary of the process of dying by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking. It follows a retired surgeon with end-stage cancer…
Dead at noon: Gillian Bennett’s last wish was to get people talking about a taboo topic
By Denise Ryan, Vancouver Sun Gillian Bennett's final words on her personal website make a passionate case for physician-assisted suicide.…
Why I Hope to Die at 75
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, October 2014 "Americans may live longer than their parents, but they are likely to be…
One True Thing
Meryl Streep and Renee Zelwegger Cancer patient dies from an overdose. Who did it?
The Sea Inside
Xavier Barden (A Spanish film about a quadriplegic man who gets help to die from a Spanish RTD group)
Final Exit
No one disputes that it’s against the law to take another person’s life, but is it against the law to…
‘Rational Suicide’ Talk Increasing Among ‘Healthy’ Elderly
by Deborah Brauser Medscape April 08, 2015 Rational suicide is discussed at the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) 2015…
A Final Promise
A boy helps his brother die and makes a vow to himself to end his own life at 37— until…
La Grande Bouffe (The Big Feast)
In this 1973 award-winning French-Italian film with Marcello Mastroianni, four gourmet friends rent a chateau. If you ever thought about…
The I.C.U. Is Not a Pause Button
Opinion Piece By Kristen McConnell, New York Times, August 26, 2015 A nurse explains dying in an intensive care unit…
The Farewell Pary (Israel)
Residents of a retirement community figure out how to help their fellow retirees who are suffering a bad death.
24 and Ready to Die
An Economist film Emily is 24 years old, physically healthy and lives in Belgium, where euthanasia is legal, even for…
The Father of the Right to Die Movement, Derek Humphry, Discusses With Faye Girsh How it Began
Derek Humphry discusses the real world events behind his 1978 book Jean's Way. The book describes how he helped his…
Force-Feeding: Cruel at Guantánamo, but O.K. for Our Parents
By Haider Javed Warraich, New York Times Nov. 24, 2015 Many late-stage dementia patients develop difficulties in swallowing and frequently…
Being Mortal
Based on the best-selling book by Dr. Atul Gawande, this documentary shows him meeting with colleagues and patients to discuss…
The end can be sudden in advanced cancer
KevinMd.com Feb. 8, 2016 Many doctors are reluctant to talk about end of life issues. Many families want to avoid…
How to Die in Oregon
How terminally ill persons, their family, and friends consider whether and when to take a lethal medication overdose as allowed…
Diane Rehm shares the painful story of her husband’s death
PBS News Hour. March 3, 2016 Diane Rehm's husband, who had Parkinson's, was not eligible medical aid dying. He chose…
Diane Rehm: Do Americans Have A Right To Die?
NPR Host Diane Rehm discusses her book, On My Own and about how the death of her husband inspired her…
Honey (Miele)
An Italian film about a young woman who helps people die. What happens when her guidelines are violated? How does…
Harold and Maude
1971 dark comedy film classic: Harold, obsessed with death, meets the 79-year-old carefree Maude.
What I Learned Helping My Sister Use California’s New Law to End Her Life
First woman to take advantage of California's End of Life Option Act ? Opinion Piece by Kelly Davis - Voice…
My aunt’s struggle with assisted suicide: There was death, but not enough dignity
By Linda Van Zandt - Los Angeles Times Aug 14, 2016 "We had been forced to assist in the most…
Okuribito (Departures)
A sensitive award-winning Japanese film about a young man who stumbled across a job working as a Japanese ritual mortician.…
Why few California doctors are assisting deaths for terminally ill
By Tracy Seipel - Bay Area News Group September 2016 "It’s a scene being played out throughout California, as scores…
Live and Let Go: An American Death
Independent, patriotic, realistic, optimistic, terminally ill Sam Niver plans and executes his own death — with the help of his…
Doctor Considers The Pitfalls Of Extending Life And Prolonging Death
Fresh Air, NPR - Jan. 30, 2017 Terry Gross talks with author of "Modern Death" and fellow in cardiology at…
Still Alice
The story of a young professor who develops early onset Alzheimer's. What would you do? How would your family react?…
Critical Care
A 1997 film directed by Sidney Lumet. It is a satire about American medicine and keeping patients alive, including the…
California’s Aid-In-Dying Law Is Too Restrictive
KPBS Midday Edition By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh June 6, 2017 Length: 6.41 mins. Faye Girsh discusses why California's End…
Advocate Says California’s Aid-In-Dying Law Is Too Restrictive
By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh, KPBS June 6, 2017. Audio: 6 min 35 seconds Hemlock Society of San Diego founder…
Me Before You
A 2016 American-British film shot in beautiful British settings. A young handsome, wealthy man confined to a wheel chair, wants…
An Act of Murder
A stern hard-liner judge with little mercy has a moral dilemma when his wife is diagnosed with an incurable and…
I’m a doctor. Here’s what it’s like helping terminally ill patients end their lives
By Catherine Sonquist Forest - Vox, Sep 21, 2017 "Aid in dying has been legal in California for a year…
Dark Victory
In this 1939 film Betty Davis plays a long island socialite/heiress who has a malignant brain tumor.
Youth in Oregon
Frank Langella plays a retired doctor who is unwilling to endure further treatment for a hopeless heart condition. But when…
Mary Kills People & Eyewitness
Double Feature! Mary Kills People is a serious and highly rated TV program about two doctors who, in their extra…
Maia Calloway. From the Dying in the Americas Conference – March 22-24, 2018
Sponsor: Final Exit Network A Colorado woman with progressive multiple sclerosis turns to Life Circle in Switzerland to end her…
Hemlock Society And Right To Die Films
Cinema Junkie By Beth Accomando Friday, April 13, 2018 Faye Girsh discusses right to die films and what we can…
The Event (2003) with Olympia Dukakis (U.S.)
Talking with your Family about your End of Life Wishes
On the 2nd anniversary of the passage of the End of Life Option Act Faye Girsh talks with Kogo's iHeartMedia…
Die Like a Dog
By Joseph Pierre, Psychiatrist - in Aeon May 15, 2018 "Indeed, the American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines for the Euthanasia…
The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro)
This 2004 award-winning film is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem), who was left…
What We Know About The People Who Have Used California’s Assisted Suicide Law
By Michelle Faust - laist June 25, 2018 "Dr. David Wallenstein, a palliative care doctor at UCLA Medical Center, said,…
As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures
By Katie Hafner - New York Times. Aug. 10, 2018 "One in six hospital patients in the United States is…
Ikiru (To Live)
One of director Akira Kurosawa's most famous films, this 1952 masterpiece is about Mr. Watanabe, a man who discovers he…
Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment – POLST
A POLST form can save you from treatment during a medical emergency; a valid POLST is a medical order. EMTs…
End of Life Decisions
KFMB "It's Your Money and Your Life" podcast with Faye Girsh and Dr. Bob Uslander, Integrated MD Care. Faye and…
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)
Sept. 16, 2018 Speaker: Dr. Bob Uslander Dying Wish, the award winning 20-minute documentary was shown. It chronicles the journey…
You’re Not You
A life-changing bond develops between a woman (Hilary Swank) with ALS whose marriage is on the rocks and the brash…
End of Life Options
U~T San Diego Community Spotlight, U~T San Diego Radio | Mins: 27:57 Drew Schlossberg interviews Faye Girsh, President and Barry…