Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion
9:30 am
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
As do other members. As issue raised on which I would like clarification is that my understanding of the situation in Oregon and other places, from the limited reading and research I have done in advance of this sequence of meetings, is that a second medical practitioner must confirm the validity of the wishes of the individual patient and if there is any doubt as to the mental capacity of the individual, the case is then referred to a psychiatrist for confirmation.
Accordingly, not one or two but three consultant-grade doctors are involved. That is the case in Oregon, the regime which I read most about. How does that fit with Mr. Tom Curran's earlier expressed view that Oregon's regime was a possible model or template that could be looked at?
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