André Gorz

The social philosopher André Gorz cared for his ill wife Dorine for two decades. In 2007, they took their own lives together. A year earlier, Gorz had published a narrative public love letter to his wife which was subsequently read by both the media and assisted dying interest groups as a farewell letter and explanation of their motivation for suicide.

Vincent Humbert (with Frédéric Veille)

Following a life-changing accident, which left Vincent Humbert paraplegic, blind and mute, the young man decided that he wanted to end his life and wrote to the French President in search of help. This text is his story, one of the most significant in the history of the assisted dying debate in France.

Anne Bert

French author Anne Bert sees the right to choose her own time of death as a fundamental human right, and this is her story of invoking that right by travelling from France to Belgium to receive an assisted death.

Stefanie Green, MD

In this memoir, Dr. Stefanie Green chronicles her first year providing medical assistance in dying (MAID) immediately following the procedure’s legalization in 2016. Dr. Green is one of Canada’s leading MAID providers and is the founding president of the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers.