Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion

Professor David Albert Jones:

That step would mean that we have started to say it is reasonable for a doctor in some circumstances to think that death is in the interest of the patient. If that decision is allowable, that decision logically also applies when the person cannot consent.