Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion

Dr. Una Molloy:

Yes, absolutely, but it would change the relationship with us and our patients. It would change the journey that we are travelling on with them. I understand the Deputy’s point about their autonomy but when we think about one person’s autonomy, we have to think how that affects the treatment of other people. If one person wants to choose to die, we then have to figure out how we protect other people who do not want that. I know that in Canada, a number of hospice do not provide-----