Development of palliative care and legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?
Развитие паллиативной помощи и легализация эвтаназии: антагонизм или синергия?
2008-04-17
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Debates about euthanasia often polarise opinion, but Jan Bernheim and colleagues describe how in Belgium the two camps grew up side by side to mutual benefit
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In Belgium, palliative care and euthanasia developed concurrently rather than as mutually exclusive alternatives.
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The Belgian experience suggests a potentially synergistic relationship between palliative-care development and euthanasia legalisation.
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The abstract presents this relationship as a country-specific account rather than a quantified comparative evaluation.
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The two opposing camps in euthanasia debates grew side by side and reportedly benefited mutually.
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Palliative care and euthanasia in Belgium
Research Subject
Their developmental relationship, specifically whether they are antagonistic or synergistic
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2008-04-17
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