Projects
Facilitating the communication between clinicians and patients faced with medical hurdles for having children. KU Leuven
The communication between clinicians and patients is the crux of patient-centred care. Parenthood is an important life goal for the vast majority of people. Losing the prospect of parenthood can be as painful as the confrontation with a severe disease. My research is aimed at facilitating the communication between clinicians and patients faced with medical hurdles for having children. I have so far focused on subfertile couples turning to ...
Life-Supporting Care for Persons with a Severe Persistent MentalIllness (SPMI): a Study regarding Key Values and Existential Needs KU Leuven
Screening to improve health in very preterm infants in Europe (SHIPS). University of Antwerp
Developing and evaluating an eHealth application to develop palliative care capacity in people with advanced cancer and their family caregivers Ghent University
The aim of this project is to develop and evaluate a self-managed web program (iFOCUS) aimed at psychosocial and educational support for people with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. The program is tested on a small scale for acceptability and usability, after which the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness compared to standard care are evaluated in an international randomized controlled trial.
FLanders study to Improve End-of-life Care and Evaluation tools – FLIECE Vrije Universiteit Brussel
End-of-life decisions in fetuses older than 22 weeks, neonates and infants: a population based study in Flanders, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Improving Medical Decision-Making within a Super-Diverse Society: Challenges and Legal Opportunities University of Antwerp
AmeLiroating Palliative Care KU Leuven
MyPath : Developing and implementing innovative Patient-Centred Care Pathways for cancer patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel
advances in early detection and new therapies. With higher cure rates and more patients living longer with cancer, access to patientcentred
care consisting of optimal supportive, palliative, survivorship and end-of-life care becomes increasingly important. However,
cancer care still has silos, and to ...