Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion

Dr. Deirdre Collins:

The context is that as general practitioners, we generally care for the entire family and the community. There are many inputs that GPs would be aware of. As we always say to a patient, when you come in the door it is you and me. It is the interaction between the patient and the doctor. I think the responses the Deputy read there were the experiences of general practitioners who expressed those views, where they felt that a patient may have had one view of how their illness was managed, and the illness may be managed in a different way from how the patient had previously said. Does Dr. Quinlan want to come in on that?