Biography
Lord Tyrie contributed to the Lords debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, describing it as "a brilliant debate on an extremely controversial subject." He addressed principled objections to the Bill by arguing that certain practices—such as withdrawal of care essential for life preservation, including food and water in controlled medical settings—already represent established precedent in medical practice.
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“…try much harder to get this right, particularly to assist the clinicians on the front line, in ICUs and in the hospices. To pass the Bill in its current form, heavily laden with controversy and with many arguing, as they have today, that it has not been properly debated, would be a very profound mistake and would make…”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
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