Dr. Louise Campbell:

That would be people with the relevant medical expertise. Existing legislation makes provision that necessitates for people with expertise in the relevant conditions the person who is requesting assisted dying is suffering from, and then an independent medical opinion from somebody unconnected with the person who has provided the first medical opinion. All of these mechanisms would be in place to act as safeguards in existing legislation. Whether one considers these to be adequate is a matter for further discussion but there are mechanisms in place that aim to ensure as much objectivity as possible in the assessment.

There is a small body of literature looking at inadequacies in the assessment process but this is not necessarily an indication that the system or regime itself does not work. It is an indication that there may be concerns about how it works and there may be room for improvement with regard to how it works.