Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion
Dr. Mark Komrad:
In my verbal testimony, I changed that to six. I was incorrect in my written testimony.
The anorexic patients were given assisted suicide for anorexia. By the way, this is extraordinarily controversial, with very few people endorsing the notion of terminal anorexia. Most experts agree that does not exist and the problem with anorexia is inadequate access to the kind of specialty care that the patients require. That is important to note.