Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion

Professor Theo Boer:

Yes, in the 4,000 cases I assessed and on which I have done some research there were about 600 cases in which the patient had more than one year to live. Of those 600 cases, in 43% of the cases loneliness was not the only one but one of the constituting reasons for asking for euthanasia. Another one was meaninglessness.

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