Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital
1:00 pm
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The Citizens' Assembly has recommended 12 different sets of circumstances. How would the witnesses deal with the introduction of extensive, complex legislation from a professional perspective? They are not judges or lawyers and decisions often have to be made very quickly. Do obstetricians get training? Does the Medical Council provide advice? Do situations arise where different hospitals might take different positions? How, on the whole, do doctors deal with complex legal situations like this?
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