Development of palliative care & legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy? an extract of an item, & the full article, "Development of palliative care & legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?" by Jan L Bernheim, medical oncologist, & colleagues, in the British Medical Journal dated 19 Apr 08, noting that debates about euthanasia often polarise opinion, but describing how, in Belgium, the two camps grew up side by side to mutual benefit.