Projects
- Cancer (17) Apply Cancer filter
- Communication & Advance Care Planning (25) Apply Communication & Advance Care Planning filter
- Community-based End-of-Life Care (6) Apply Community-based End-of-Life Care filter
- Early Palliative Care (15) Apply Early Palliative Care filter
- Euthanasia (7) Apply Euthanasia filter
- Older people and dementia (21) Apply Older people and dementia filter
- Palliative care needs (17) Apply Palliative care needs filter
- Pediatric Palliative Care (5) Apply Pediatric Palliative Care filter
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What are the unmet care and support needs of children living with a parent diagnosed with advanced cancer: a mixed methods study using qualitative interviews, a quantitative survey and big data
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Old age, dementia and the end of life: a societal urgency, a scientific challenge
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Evaluating the impact of medical aid in dying on bereaved relatives: a prospective cohort study of grief, health consequences and bereavement care
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A perinatal palliative care program within standard perinatal healthcare: developing and pilot testing a complex intervention (a phase 0-2 study)
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DISTINCT (European Commission H2020)
Advance care planning (ACP) for people with dementia and their family
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Improving patients’ level of engagement in advance care planning with their general practitioner: a cluster randomized controlled trial
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A quality label for volunteers in home-care (‘Thoughtful visitors’): development and pilot-testing of a volunteer training programme in assessment and communication of physical, psychological, social and existential palliative care needs
Developing a volunteer training programme to assess and communicate palliative care needs in community homecare
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Palliative care for people with dementia
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Advance care planning (ACP) with people with dementia and their caregivers: development of an ACP communication in dementia skills training for physicians
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A Cross-cultural international study of Medical Practitioners’ Understanding and Practice of Continuous Sedation for Distress at the End of Life
Survey to gain insight into physicians’ practices and opinions regarding the use of continuous sedation
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DIAdIC (European Commission H2020)
Psychosocial and Educational Interventions for People with Advanced Cancer and their Informal Caregivers
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Towards theory-based behavioral interventions to improve timely initiation of palliative care for persons with cancer
Need for more data describing, explaining and predicting a desired behavior in timely palliative care initiation
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Attitudes and Experiences of Belgian Psychiatrists on Euthanasia Requests (pEAS)
Survey to study Belgian psychiatrists’ stance and practices regarding psychiatric euthanasia
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Control measures for palliative sedation
Qualitative study into the views of physicians regarding control measures for palliative sedation
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Supportive and palliative day care centres in Flanders: added value for users and health economic impact
Mapping whether palliative day care meets clients’ needs and has the potential to be economically viable
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Development and implementation of quality indicators for advance care planning, palliative care and end-of-life care in nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium
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Involvement of family carers’ in advance care planning
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Advance care planning in patients with a chronic life-limiting illness in general practice: a RCT on the effectiveness of ACP on the quality of communication and concordance between preferred and delivered end-of-life care
A cluster-randomized controlled trial on the effects of ACP in general practice for patients with a chronic life-limiting illness
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Euthanasia Requests from Psychiatric Patients in Flanders: Motives, Experiences, Management, and Outcomes
Concerning psychiatric patients, the possibility of euthanasia gives rise to many ethical and juridical concerns regarding the adequate assessment and evaluation of all legal and due care criteria. E.g. the key criterion unbearable psychological suffering is still insufficiently understood. Given this wide range of fundamental concerns, it is striking that the euthanasia practice in psychiatric patients has only been studied superficially.
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An exploration of the nature and meaning of informal communities in cancer treatment