A Movement Built on Personal Autonomy. Exit International was founded in 1997 by physician Philip Nitschke, and from the beginning, its purpose has been clear: advocate for the right of individuals to control the timing and manner of their own death.
The Final Exit Network is a nonprofit organization centered on a simple but controversial idea: mentally competent adults who are enduring unbearable suffering from a terminal or intractable condition should have the option to choose how and when their life ends, within the boundaries of the law.
A 2022 forensic study examined deaths caused by helium inhalation, a method increasingly reported in the U.S. and Europe. At first glance, the clinical description sounds almost deceptively simple. But the deeper implications are far more troubling.
When you start thinking seriously about end-of-life decisions, especially after seeing Alzheimer’s or Dementia up close, the conversation changes. It’s no longer abstract. It becomes personal, practical, and sometimes uncomfortable.
When a loved one is facing Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia, families often hear two terms that sound similar but mean very different things: palliative care and hospice care.