Derek Humphry’s well-known assisted-suicide manual “Final Exit” will now be distributed free to US public lending libraries upon request. The book (link to extract) explores various methods of committing suicide and assisting suicide for the dying, including self-starvation, inert gases and lethal drug dosages. The book begins with a note of caution to readers who are suicidal, stating that the book is meant for those who are "hopelessly physically ill".

Humphry states that the true intention of "Final Exit" is "explaining the right of a terminally ill person with unbearable suffering, or one with advanced degenerative condition, to know how to choose to die". As reported in BioEdge in May, a new edition of the book was released earlier in the year.

Humphry explained on his blog that a large donation to the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Association (ERGO) meant that complimentary copies of the book could be distributed to public lending libraries, whose acquisition budgets had been cut “severely”.