Table 1.

Overview of frames that result in a problematising definition or a deproblematising definition of palliative care and euthanasia

Problematizing frame	Definition	Deproblematizing counter-frame	Definition
1A Fear of dying	Palliative care is terminal care, the beginning of the end	1B Quality of life	Palliative care is multi-faceted support for patients and relatives
2A Heavy burden	Palliative care is a difficult responsibility for the patient's relatives	2B Completion	Palliative care is a significant, valuable and enriching experience
3A Thou shalt not kill	Committing euthanasia is a crime of humanity against life, a criminal offence	3B Mercy	Granting euthanasia is an act of charity for a suffering fellow person
4A Slippery slope	Euthanasia is the light-minded liberal solution in a society	4B Prevention	Euthanasia is guiding people who want to die in a well-considered way (= donorship)
5A Lack of willpower	Euthanasia as a sign of refusing to see suffering as part of life	5B Triumph of reason	Euthanasia is a victory of human reason over death, an act of heroism
6A I am not God	Euthanasia is a heavy decision about another person's end of life	6B Absolute autonomy	Euthanasia is a decision about one's own moment of death
7A Medical progress	Euthanasia deprives man of opportunities offered by medicine	7B Economic utility thinking	Euthanasia puts an end to the untenable health care costs