Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion
Dr. Matthew Dor?:
Yes. They can choose to return to the natural course of things. One can choose to be taken off ventilation or to stop chemotherapy. It is not a choice in that way. The Senator is looking at it the wrong way. It is because, legally, we cannot force things on someone. The Senator's perspective is that we would force chemotherapy and stuff on people.