[Hac-announce] Monthly Meeting: Mark Davis / Final Exit Network - Monday, October 21- 7:00 PM / USNH

[Carol Ritter]

Death, Death, Death!
Please join us at 7:00 p.m. on October 21 at 700 Hartford Turnpike in Hamden when Mark Davis will be providing information about Final Exit Network’s efforts to provide immediate, painless and peaceful relief for screened, suffering members with intractable conditions seeking to end their lives. We will discuss the history of the movement and its future directions. And, if time permits, we will take a look at efforts to get the Connecticut legislature to pass a law providing doctor-assisted suicide for qualified individuals – what this law would and wouldn’t provide.
Mark was a businessman who, throughout his life, found the topics of death and dying to be difficult and uncomfortable. When his mother's health led her to request his assistance in ending her life, it was more than unsettling. His research led him to the book, "Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying." After sharing the book’s then recommended method for self-deliverance with his mother, she changed her mind, as many do. Years later, as aging forced him to confront his own mortality, he resumed his research on issues related to aging, dying and death and decided to attend a series UU meetings called the Death Buffet (as opposed to Death Café). These experiences led him to become a hospice volunteer in the Danbury area and to join Final Exit Network. Later, Mark became a speaker for Final Exit and is currently being trained to be an Exit Guide. He combines his hospice experience, the principles of Final Exit, his personal experience and a copious amount of research into his presentations/discussions. He strives to be interesting, engaging and provocative.

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