Euthanasia and the Right to Choose We support the right to choose. Every human being has a legitimate interest in their own death and how they die. We believe in giving the individual some choice in orchestrating that very personal time. For some, the choice will be to accept all the possible treatments that modern technology can offer; for others, protecting quality of life before quantity may be the most important element; for others, it might mean dying in a way that reflects their life, perhaps maintaining some control over the dying process and perhaps the time and circumstances of death and, even if it is never used, holding the key to the door with the written "Exit". " This essay considers a person's right to choose. In 1980 Fast Exit (then the Voluntary Euthanasia Society) broke away from English society to become independent and publish How to Die with Dignity, the first "self-liberation" manual in the world. In 1993 we founded the International Drugs Consensus Working Party and published “Departing Drugs,” the first volume of scientific research on the topic. It has been reprinted in several languages ​​around the world. Both Departing Drugs and How to Die with Dignity were aimless efforts profit-making and, in accordance with clear ethical guidelines, not accessible to the general public or minors. From 1992 to 1995 we sponsored research on living wills, clarifying the benefits and difficulties of such documents and producing a leading new format that has anticipated the British Medical Association Code of Practice We published Collected Living Wills, the world's first international collection. In 1995 we introduced the use of values ​​stories, breaking down barriers to the use of living wills, and published Beyond Final Exit. with essays on the latest research on self-liberation. We have undertaken these initiatives to make dying with dignity an option available to everyone, to protect both patients and doctors in upholding the humanity of dying well, to seek legal reform where necessary, and to introduce safeguards regarding voluntary euthanasia. What do we mean by self-liberation? In Britain, even if you have exhausted all other options and even if you have sincerely asked for it, the humane assistance of a doctor to bring your death a little closer is neither something you can count on nor something tolerated by law, then I hope you consider self-liberation. Nowadays most terminal suffering can be alleviated, but if you are one of those unfortunates whose suffering cannot be alleviated, it is time for self-liberation. A doctor or friend who helps you (or even is in the same room with you) when you decide to end your life might reduce the pain, to some extent; company is always welcome in the end. In a country where voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide are unpopular among the medical profession, the only real option for some people may, unfortunately, be suicide. The English language is short of words to distinguish different types of suicide. The word "suicide" can be used to cover the irrational suicide of a lonely teenager suffering from temporary emotional depression. But take the death of a 93-year-old man suffering unspeakable humiliations due to a terminal illness – who calmly decides to go out on his own terms, in his own time and by choosing: suicide hardly seems to describe him, and hence the term" self"-liberation" has gradually entered popular usage. So, if people can choose self-liberation, surely there is no need for voluntary euthanasia? Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple people die, but.