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- Luc Deliens, PhD, qualified in Medical Sociology, is Professor of Palliative Care Research at Ghent University (UG) & Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and is the Founding Director of the multidisciplinary End-of-Life Care Research Group of VUB & UG in Belgium. He is the Co-Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Research Network and is leading on several international EU funded research projects on palliative care, incl. the ongoing PACE project, comparing the effectiveness of Palliative Care for Elderly people in long-term care facilities in Europe (2014-2019). He received several scientific awards, and in 2009, he became the first member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium to represent palliative care. He successfully supervised over 35 PhDs, and is actually supervising more than 20 PhD students. He published over 350 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, incl. in NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, JCO, BMJ, JAMDA, JAGS and authored, co-authored or edited more than 15 books, and over 50 book chapters.
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Development of the ‘Attentive Visitors’ workshop supporting community volunteers in their palliative care signposting role
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Impact of a nurse-led and a web-based psychoeducational program for advanced cancer patients and their caregivers : results of a three-arm randomized controlled trial
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How to write a research paper for peer-reviewed journals
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What determines quality in palliative sedation? A scoping review identifying elements contributing to palliative sedation quality
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What do physicians want at the end? An international qualitative study on physicians’ personal end-of-life preferences and what influences them
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The development of a core outcome set for evaluating and enhancing palliative sedation in clinical research and practice : the COSEDATION study protocol
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The role of a death and grief festival in cultivating awareness of serious illness, death, and bereavement at university : a qualitative study of students’ and staff’s motivations and experiences with Compassionate Week activities
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Physicians’ preferences for their own end of life : a comparison across North America, Europe, and Australia
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Health professionals’ perspectives on the first Belgian euthanasia criminal trial : a qualitative study
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What knowledge and skills are needed for community volunteers to take on a signposting role in community-based palliative care? A qualitative study