Dr. Regina McQuillan:

I suppose I may be echoing some of what people have said. It is important that palliative care is involved with the support of people with life-limiting illness. That involvement needs to continue and be enhanced. If there is a change in the legislation, that might depend on what way the legislation is changed and how that is aligned.

It is important people have access to good palliative care. In some countries, there is talk about people being made aware of palliative care but it difficult sometimes being made aware of palliative care if one already fears palliative care and palliative care is not going to help one. If there is to be any change in legislation, regardless of what that change is, people working in palliative care will want to be able to see, to assess, to treat, to manage and to support people who are living with life-limiting illness and to be able, hopefully, to offer them options which are beyond what it is they may think is the most important thing for them.