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🗣 On Tuesday 11th July 2023, our Director Professor David Albert Jones gave testimony to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on ‘Assisted Dying’ – euthanasia and / or assisted suicide (EAS).

📺 In this recording, Committee Members ask Professor Jones about the effect of legalisation of EAS on suicide prevention and evidence concerning the affect of EAS on rates of (non-assisted) suicide.

The peer-reviewed article which Professor Jones cited to Gino Kelly TD is:
👉🏻 Girma, S., & Paton, D. (2022). ‘Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide?’ 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 145, Article 104113: https://bit.ly/GirmaPaton2022

At the time of the Joint Committee hearings (July 2023), no academic literature responding to or refuting Girma and Paton’s paper, or proving the opposite of their conclusions, has been published as academic literature.

See also:
👉🏻 Doherty, A., Axe, C., & Jones, D. (2022). ‘Investigating the relationship between euthanasia and/or assisted suicide and rates of non-assisted suicide: Systematic review.’ 𝘉𝘑𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯, 8(4), E108: https://bit.ly/DohertyAxeJones2022
👉🏻 Jones, D. ‘Suicide Prevention: Does Legalising Assisted Suicide Make Things Better Or Worse?’ Anscombe Bioethics Centre (2022): https://bit.ly/ABC-EAS-Jones-Nov-2022

📑 You can read the full transcript of the EAS Committee Hearing, here: https://bit.ly/EireEASCommitteeTranscriptJuly2023

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📚 For more cutting-edge contributions clarifying key issues at stake in the social, political, and medical debate over euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS), see our updated briefing paper series: https://bioethics.org.uk/research/euthanasia-assisted-suicide-papers/

🎥 You can also see the full playlist of all our EAS-related videos, here: https://bit.ly/ABC-EAS-YouTube

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❤️‍🩹 If the issues raised in this post affect you, and if you need support, please contact:
🎗 Samaritans – Always open. Call 116 123 or e-mail: [email protected] (UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man)
🎗 Pieta House – Always open. Call 1800 247 247 or e-mail: [email protected] (Ireland)
🎗 Suicide Prevention UK – Call 0800 689 5652. (UK)
🎗 The Silver Line – For people aged 55+, including those suffering abuse & neglect. Always open. Call 0800 4 70 80 90. (UK)
🎗 PAPYRUS – For those under 35 or those concerned for them. Open 10am–10pm (2pm–10pm weekends / Bank Holidays). Call 0800 068 41 41. (UK)
🎗 The Mix – For people under 25. Open 4pm-11pm. Call 0808 808 4994. (UK)
🎗 Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – Open 5pm-12am. Call 0800 58 58 58. (UK)
🎗 SANE – Open 4pm-10pm, every day of the year. Call 0300 304 7000. (UK)
🎗 Mind – For mental health support and advice. Open 10am-6pm weekdays (excl. Bank Holidays). Call 0300 123 3393. (England and Wales)
🎗 C.A.L.L. – Always open. Call 0800 132 737. (Wales)
🎗 LifeLine – Always open. Call 0808 800 8000 or go to https://www.lifelinehelpline.info/ (Northern Ireland)

❤️‍🩹 For more mental health-focused help and advice please see:
🎗 Mind – https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/helplines-listening-services/ (UK)
🎗 Rethink – https://www.rethink.org/aboutus/what-we-do/advice-and-information-service/get-help-now/ (UK)
🎗 NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/help-for-suicidal-thoughts/ (UK)
🎗 HSE – https://www2.hse.ie/mental-health/services-support/get-urgent-help/ (Ireland)
🎗 NSRF Ireland – http://suicidesupportandinformation.ie/
🎗 Mind Jersey – https://www.gov.je/Caring/Organisations/Pages/MindJersey.aspx
🎗 Isle of Man Government – https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/departments/cabinet-office/public-health/health-improvement/suicide-prevention/
🎗 States of Guernsey – https://www.gov.gg/mentalhealthsupport