Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Would Dr. Trouton be aware of reports from, for example, Belgium? Recently, I saw a documentary where people involved in providing assisted suicide or euthanasia were not comfortable speaking about it. There is research that up to one half of doctors who participate in an assisted death experience significant psychological and emotional distress. There are refusals by physicians in Canada to participate in assisted deaths, not on religious or moral grounds, but because of the emotional burden of enacting a patient’s premature death and an awareness of the psychological repercussions for themselves and their clinical teams. Does any of this research by people like Professor Brian Kelly, Dr. Tonelle Handley, Professor David Kissane and others strike a chord – actually, I will not say that, but “ring a bell” – with Dr. Trouton?