Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Consent and Capacity: Discussion

Dr. Louise Campbell:

There is some literature emerging that provides actual questions that would be asked of the person to try to get as much information out of the person about why he or she is requesting assisted dying. These would be sample questions about how long the person has been thinking about it and what are the reasons for requesting assisted dying. It would be a very detailed interview plan that would aim to pick out any red flags or areas requiring further scrutiny on an individual case-by-case basis. Obviously, this would be specific to whatever the individual circumstances are or whatever the conversation would be. Templates would be provided and there certainly would be some training provided for people interviewing prospective-----

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