How will the final decision be made? The question of collegiality at the heart of the debates on assisted dying

A college will be composed of at least the doctor in charge of the request, a specialist and a caregiver involved in the treatment of the person (illustrative image). — A college will be composed of at least the doctor in charge of the request, a specialist and a caregiver involved in the person's treatment (illustrative image). TREMELET / IMAGE POINT FR / BSIP VIA AFP

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Decryption The deputies discussed the procedure for validating the criteria for access to assisted dying, implicitly formulating the problem of medical deserts.

After approving the conditions for access to assisted dying in the previous days, the deputies got down to the heart of the matter on Thursday, May 22, namely how these criteria will be validated. As a reminder, the bill defended by Olivier Falorni (Les Démocrates), which has been under consideration in the Assembly since the evening of May 16, mentions five cumulative conditions for benefiting from this new right: