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Dec 9, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Brandon Heidinger |Kenneth Chambaere |Vrije Universiteit Brussel |Eliana Close
International Comparison of Underlying Disease Among Recipients of Medical Assistance in Dying In 2023, 282 million individuals lived in jurisdictions allowing medical assistance in dying (MAID).
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Nathan Stall |Brandon Heidinger |Kenneth Chambaere |Eliana Close
Centering Patients and Evidence in Debates About Medical Assistance in Dying International Comparison of Underlying Disease Among Recipients of Medical Assistance in Dying Brandon Heidinger, BSc; Colleen Webber, PhD; Kenneth Chambaere, PhD; Eliana Close, PhD; Luc Deliens, PhD; Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, PhD; Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD; Agnes van der Heide, MD, PhD; Ben White, DPhil, LLB, (Hons); James Downar, MD, MHSc End-of-life care is an essential part of patient- and family-centered care....
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Sam Carr |Els van Wijngaarden |Kenneth Chambaere
"I can totally relate to tiredness of life. Guess what? I saw a beautiful sunrise yesterday morning, acknowledged it, and couldn't care less if I saw another one." Nina* is a 72-year-old woman in reasonably good health. She talked to one of us (Sam) recently about her life—and in particular, the sense that she had grown tired of being alive and was ready for the exit. Nina wasn't feeling suicidal or filled with anxiety and depression, but she was certain that she was ready to die.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Sam Carr |Els van Wijngaarden |Kenneth Chambaere
I can totally relate to tiredness of life. Guess what? I saw a beautiful sunrise yesterday morning, acknowledged it, and couldn’t care less if I saw another one. Nina* is a 72-year-old woman in reasonably good health. She talked to one of us (Sam) recently about her life – and in particular, the sense that she had grown tired of being alive and was ready for the exit. Nina wasn’t feeling suicidal or filled with anxiety and depression, but she was certain that she was ready to die.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Kenneth Chambaere |Steven Vanderstichelen |Joachim Cohen |Sarah Dury
AbstractCompassionate communities are gaining momentum as a new public health approach emphasizing community support during times of serious illness, death, and bereavement. However, evidence on their development, particularly in higher education, is limited. This study investigates the development of a Compassionate University, examining the underlying processes and contextual factors shaping its development.
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May 1, 2024 | 
spcare.bmj.com | Stijn Vissers |Sigrid Dierickx |Kenneth Chambaere |Luc Deliens
Assisted dying request assessments by trained consultants: changes in practice and quality - Repeated cross-sectional surveys (2008–2019) Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
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May 1, 2024 | 
spcare.bmj.com | Mary Turner |Aline Chassagne |Manuel Luís Capelas |Kenneth Chambaere
AbstractObjectives Prison populations around the world are ageing and numbers are rising, leading to greater demand for palliative care for prisoners approaching the end of life. This paper reports a survey that was undertaken by the European Association for Palliative Care Task Force on mapping palliative care provision for prisoners in Europe.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Barbara Pesut |Sally Thorne |Kenneth Chambaere |Margaret Hall
IntroductionAs they expand the criteria, they have to look at the needs that follow. NP13Nursing practice evolves to meet the needs of an ever more complex patient population and healthcare system. Generally, nursing practice calibrates over time to meet these emerging needs. However, significant technological or legal developments present disruptions that have the potential to change the ways in which nurses practice with far-reaching consequences.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Linde Goossens |Laure Dombrecht |Kenneth Chambaere |Kim Beernaert
Kenneth Chambaere End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Validation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
spcare.bmj.com | Marjolein Matthys |Kenneth Chambaere |Kim Beernaert |Joachim Cohen
AbstractObjectives The need for public education on palliative care has been widely argued for. To develop effective educational strategies, a stronger evidence base is needed on what exactly is known and unknown about palliative care as well as what the differences are between subgroups. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional population-based survey. Mail questionnaires were sent to a random sample of 4400 citizens (aged ≥16 years) within 4 municipalities in Flanders, Belgium.
