A human rights lawyer is warning the End of Life Choice Bill could open the doors to elderly abuse.

After 16 months, the Select Committee discussing the End of Life Choice Bill, tabled by David Seymour, cannot agree on many major recommendations.

Richard McLeod is part of advocacy group Lawyers for Vulnerable New Zealanders - who unanimously reject the Bill.

He said flaws in the proposed bill will make it difficult for doctors to detect coercion against patients. 

McLeod told Mike Hosking the bill could lead to a single doctor having to detect coercion - potentially on a patient they've never met before.

"This bill is flawed and it's unsafe. The Select Committee report yesterday has said that this bill is unworkable in its present state and they actually agreed that it couldn't be passed. 

"That's no surprise to us...because we think this is probably the worst, most dangerous, poorly drafted, half baked Bill that we have seen in a long time."

He said it is fundamentally flawed and beyond repair

"We have identified 35 fatal flaws in this Bill...how are our parliamentarians going to fix those. I think if they tried to remove all those flaws from the bill they would be left with blank paper."

McLeod said the issue isn't about euthanasia but simple the Bill that has been presented. 

He said it would "give the green light to granny abusers".

"The Bill puts the entire burden of detecting coercion onto a single doctor, who may not even know the patient, who may only meet them a few times or may not meet them at all, and then it tells that doctor that all they have to do is dothere best to detect coercion."