Welcome to the website of the End-of-Life Care Research Group
The End-of-Life Care Research Group conducts high-quality scientific research in end-of-life care in Belgium and across Europe. Researchers from different scientific backgrounds work in a common research structure to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborative research.
Events
Practical info02/09/2026 - 17:00 - 02/09/2026 - 19:00Public defence Degefaye Zelalem Anlay "Deprescribing medications in nursing homes: Using big data to study real‑world implementation and effects on end‑of‑life-relevant outcomes"
Practical info01/10/2026 - 16:00 - 01/10/2026 - 19:004de EPZ Gent netwerkmoment
Recent Publications
Role and meaning of physical places of solace for serious illness, death and grief: A qualitative study
Identifying the pathways to increased death literacy: Building a conceptual causal model through a mixed-methods pragmatic ESC-DAGs approach.
Differences in perceptions of quality of dying scores during the last days of life on Belgian acute geriatric wards: a prospective observational study in relatives, nurses, and doctors.
An innovative public health approach to overlapping societal challenges: reinforcing communities’ adaptive capacity to the adverse impacts of heatwaves on serious illness and end-of-life care
Update of the EORTC health-related quality of life modules for bladder cancer: Phase III
JANE2: Joint Action on Networks of Expertise on Cancer
