Objective: To describe and evaluate the quality of palliative care and quality of dying among cancer patients in different European countries
 
More specifically, the researcher will study different aspects of use and accessibility of palliative care, aggressiveness of care and treatments received at the end of life, and quality of dying in terms of comfort, symptom distress etc, domains that have been identified as important domains to measure quality of palliative care. A number of retrospective and prospective data that have been or are being gathered across Europe are at the disposal of the researcher e.g. data from GP networks in Europe, death certificates studies, data collected using the Palliative Outcome Scale and other established scales, and data from the interrRAI Long Term Care Facility.
 
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• Lara Pivodic (researcher)
• Luc Deliens (lead)

 
Objective: To describe and evaluate the communication, end-of-life decision-making, advance care planning among cancer patients in different European countries
 
These domains have been identified as important domains to measure quality of palliative care. A number of retrospective and prospective data that have been or are being gathered across Europe are at the disposal of the researcher e.g. data from the GP networks in Europe, the Liverpool Care Pathway, the interrRAI Long Term Care Facility, and questionnaires from physicians concerning end-of-life decisions.
 
If you want more information, please contact

• Winne Ko (researcher)
• Lieve Van den Block (lead)