Through his lawyer, Kevorkian said he is appalled at the "Final Exit" video and instead urged the ill to seek aid from a doctor.

"Dr. Kevorkian thinks it's outrageous and it's very dangerous," said Mayer Morganroth, who is trying to get Kevorkian released on bond while his murder conviction is appealed.

Shaw Livermore, the Hemlock Society of Michigan's president, said the video is the next best alternative with Kevorkian behind bars.

"I'm afraid that's the way it's going to be," he said in today's Detroit News. "There just isn't any legal way."

The video is what the Hemlock Society of Michigan suggests to those seeking information on hastening death. In it, the national society's founder, Derek Humphry, demonstrates how to end the life of someone using a plastic bag, two rubber bands and sleeping pills.

Humphry also suggests trying the three most lethal prescription drugs or a medication used to euthanize animals if a doctor is unwilling to help. He notes that only Oregon allows physician-assisted suicide.

"Unless we have a brave and cooperative physician willing to ignore the prohibitions or happens to be able to use the Oregon law, we must tackle this ourselves," Humphry says on the video.

Kevorkian is serving a 10- to 25-year prison term for a second-degree murder conviction related to his injection death of patient with Lou Gehrig's disease. Kevorkian has said he assisted in 130 suicides over nine years.

Critics say the video provides information that could be used by children, depressed teen-agers or those in need of psychiatric treatment.

"There's every likelihood the people who will use this video might be medically unbalanced or severely depressed," said Howard Brody, director of Michigan State University's Center for Ethics and Humanities in Life Sciences.