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.