Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 17 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings

6:55 pm

Dr. Gerard Burke:

On the issue of whether we have concerns about the subjective nature of the psychiatric assessment, Senator Mullen knows there is no blood test or X-ray for suicide and it is inherently dependent on an interaction of questions and answers between the psychiatrist and the patient. We do not have any expertise in that.

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