Recent publications
1. Sarah Dury, Louise D’Eer, Bert Quintiens, Joachim Cohen, Hanne Bakelants, Role and meaning of physical places of solace for serious illness, death and grief: A qualitative study, Wellbeing, Space and Society, Volume 11, 2026, 100454, ISSN 2666-5581, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2026.100454.
2. Verhue A, Cohen J, Van Droogenbroeck F, Dury S, De Gieter S, De Moortel D, Vanderstichelen S. Identifying the pathways to increased death literacy: Building a conceptual causal model through a mixed-methods pragmatic ESC-DAGs approach. Palliat Care Soc Pract. 2026 Aug 6;20:26323524261475705. doi: 10.1177/26323524261475705.
3. Biesbrouck T, Leleu M, Delporte M, Janssens W, Flamaing J, Van Den Noortgate N, Piers R, De Roo ML. 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. Eur Geriatr Med. 2026 Jul 30. doi: 10.1007/s41999-026-01564-1.
4. Sallnow L, Atikasari H, Collier A, Preston S, Rana S, Borgstrom E. Good death: A critical essay on the concept in global palliative and end of life care. Palliat Care Soc Pract. 2026 Jul 15;20:26323524261467781. doi: 10.1177/26323524261467781.
Recent PhDs
1. Joran Geeraerts, Experience Sampling Methods in Advanced Cancer: Uncovering Symptoms and Well-being in Daily Life, VUB, 17 December 2025
2. Sarah Mroz, Physicians' Personal End-of-life Preferences and Their Connection to Clinical Practice: An International Multi-method Study, VUB & UGent, 14 March 2025