Development of palliative care and legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?

Развитие паллиативной помощи и легализация эвтаназии: антагонизм или синергия?
J. Bernheim, Reginald Deschepper, Wim Distelmans, A. Mullie, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliëns
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.

Palliative care and euthanasia in Belgium

Their developmental relationship, specifically whether they are antagonistic or synergistic

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J. Bernheim
Reginald Deschepper
Wim Distelmans
A. Mullie
Johan Bilsen
Luc Deliëns
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