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March 15, 2026
It’s Spring & 2026 Print PPH is Shipping
Every year, Exit publishes a new, updated edition of our best-selling Peaceful Pill eHandbook.
At this special time of year, the online and print versions equal each other in terms of providing the most accurate, and up to date information on end of life choices.
The 2026 edition finally arrived back from the printers …
March 13, 2026
The Final Journey is not always Peaceful
The final journey is not always peaceful: Why euthanasia is less well researched medically than life-saving treatments by science writer, Manuela Callari in Medscape (German).
Everything had been prepared down to the last detail for a final, peaceful farewell.
Family and friends had gathered, and a pianist played softly in the background. In this highly …
February 27, 2026
Self-Determination in Germany: the risk of ‘excessive ‘psychiatrisation’
Reports Gita Neumann for Diesseits, of the German Humanists
The enormous need among the elderly population in particular for impartial information and decision-making assistance on humane dying remains largely unmet.
As a result, there is a constant stream of new and questionable offers.
One reason for this is the regrettable reluctance of treating physicians to …
February 15, 2026
Voluntary Stopping Eating/Drinking – New Study
Every year, thousands of elderly people die because they consciously stop eating and drinking
According to research by Erasmus MC, an estimated 5,800 people in the Netherlands end their lives each year by consciously stopping eating and drinking.
That is 3.5% of all deaths. In most cases, a previous request for euthanasia had been rejected.…
February 7, 2026
Should AI decide whether you live or die?
A controversial suicide pod known as Sarco could soon rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to decide who is allowed to die, forcing a global reckoning over whether a machine should ever make irreversible end-of-life decisions.
The Sarco capsule, which was developed by Australian euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke, looks like something from a design exhibition at …
January 22, 2026
Inventor of the ‘suicide pod’ says AI Should Decide
The inventor of the controversial Sarco suicide pod says AI software could one day replace psychiatrists in assessing mental capacity for those seeking assisted dying.
Philip Nitschke has spent more than three decades arguing that the right to die should belong to people, not doctors.
Now, the Australian euthanasia campaigner behind the controversial Sarco pod …
January 20, 2026
Exit Member Exclusive
Exit is pleased to offer all Exit Members a significant discount on both the 2026 print and online editions of the Peaceful Pill Handbook.
To claim 30% discount on new subscriptions of the online book, or a 20% discount on the print Peaceful Pill Handbook, please ensure you have your membership number on …
December 31, 2025
Katie Engelhart on Medically Assisted Dying in US v Canada
“When you open up the option of assisted dying to people who are not dying, things get complicated,” says the author of The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die.
KEVIN P. ALEXANDER | FROM THE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE
The Canadian Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die…
December 18, 2025
Inside workshop where ‘Dr Death’ reveals new suicide invention
Tea, biscuits and confronting end-of-life demonstrations collide as Dr Philip Nitschke gives a select crowd rare access to his controversial death workshop by Sophie Elsworth.
December 13, 2025 – 5:00AM
Sitting alongside a plastic mannequin head wearing a suicide collar, euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke tells a small group of people at a Dutch workshop …
November 28, 2025
Black Friday 2025
Exit is pleased to announce our annual sale prices for the 2025 Black Friday weekend.
This year, 20% can be saved on all books, all formats, all languages.
Code: ‘BF2025’ at check-out.
Please note, age & ID requirements still apply.
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The sale applies also to Going to Switzerland: how to plan your final exit…
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