Current research projects
Various research projects are currently being conducted by the specialized palliative care structures, on topics including:
- The early introduction of palliative care in patients with COPD
- Palliative care in medical-social facilities (PACE project)
- Prognosis and palliative care needs of elderly homebound persons
- Behavioral disorders in medical-social facilities (EMS)
- Reasons for suicide among elderly persons
- 6th SenSe: A digital device for detection of pain in noncommunicative persons with dementia
- Intervention focused on the dignity of persons with advanced cancer: Revie +
- Use of intranasal dexmedetomidine in care procedures
- Procedures and criteria for intensive care admission of patients with a serious illness
- French validation of the IPOS (Palliative care Outcome Scale) (collaboration)
- Respect for the autonomy of patients in a palliative care situation at acute care hospitals (collaboration)