Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion

Dr. Hannah Linane:

We would not have chosen that terminology. The Deputy is right that many different terms are used in the literature. It was more to keep clarity. We are talking between euthanasia and assisted suicide and assisted dying. It all can mesh into an overlap, so we chose for our position paper-----