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

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

Jan L Bernheim  1 , Reginald Deschepper, Wim Distelmans, Arsène Mullie, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliens
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Development of palliative care and legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?

Jan L Bernheim et al. BMJ. .

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

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Participants in European Association for Palliative Care conferences during 2002-5
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