Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion

Dr. Greg Mewett:

Palliative care is the philosophy of medical care which really addresses the issues and the suffering related to people in a bad, progressive, incurable area of illness and disease. It supports their families psychosocially, physically and spiritually to improve the quality of life until death. That is the philosophy of care and a style of care in medicine.