Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion
Dr. Laura Chapman:
There is no data on that in New Zealand. I think it would be very difficult to collect data on that because prognostication in the last few days and weeks of time is a notoriously difficult task until somebody reaches what we would call the terminal phase of life when he or she has two or three days left.