Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Dr. Louise Campbell:

No, I did not say we need a perfect medical system. I believe we need a vastly improved medical system in terms of access to, and quality of care, for all of those vulnerable cohorts of patients, and for other vulnerable person also. A huge nexus of safeguards has to be in place before legalisation can be considered. There is no sense in decriminalising a practice such as this if the supports are not there for patients, but also for doctors.

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