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

Jan L Bernheim; Reginald Deschepper; Wim Distelmans; Arsène Mullie; Johan Bilsen; Luc Deliens

doi:10.1136/bmj.39497.397257.AD

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

BMJ. 2008 Apr 19;336(7649):864-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.397257.AD.

Authors

Jan L Bernheim¹, Reginald Deschepper, Wim Distelmans, Arsène Mullie, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliens

Affiliation

¹ End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium. [email protected]

Abstract

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

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Belgium
Euthanasia / legislation & jurisprudence*
Humans
Interprofessional Relations*
Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
Palliative Care / trends
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Terminal Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Terminal Care / trends