Organisation
Medical Sociology
Department
The main research areas of MESO are: 1. Socio-economic health inequalities; 2. Financial thresholds in health care (unequal access to health care); 3. Technology assessment in health care; 4. Immigrants and health care; 5. The transformation of nursing; 6. Euthanasia; 7. Prevention of cancer; 8. Terminal care; 9. Sentinel (health) events in rehabilitation centres.
Projects
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- SRP (Groeiers): OPTIMUS – Optimization of stroke careFrom1 Mar 2014 → 28 Feb 2019Funding: BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- ACTION: Advance care planning – een innovative palliative care intervention to improve quality of life in oncologyFrom1 Feb 2014 → 31 Jan 2015Funding: University - Project driven research
- A population-level evaluation of the quality and cost-effectiveness of end-of-life careFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Communication about the end of life in nursing homes: a cluster randomised controlled trialFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- ACTION: Advance Care Planning – an Innovative Palliative Care Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in OncologyFrom1 Dec 2013 → 30 Nov 2018Funding: Health
- Conversations of terminal status: development of a guidance tool for a clinical intervention trial in oncologyFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Quality of palliative care in primary careFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2013Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- OptiBIRTHFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: University - Project driven research
- Strategic Research Programme: End-of-life in cancer and non-cancer patients: public health, health services and clinical research. Addressing present and future challenges in palliative care.From1 Nov 2012 → TodayFunding: University - Project driven research, BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- OPTIBIRTHFrom1 Sep 2012 → 28 Feb 2017Funding: Health
Publications
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- Health behavior and health awareness in infant mortality in the Gaza Strip(2012)
Authors: Mazen Abuqamar, Danny Coomans, Freddy Louckx
Pages: 539–544 - Five-year mortality and related prognostic factors after inpatient rehabilitation: a European multi-centre study(2012)
Authors: Liesbet De Wit, N. Brinkmann, Eddy Dejaeger, Willy De Weerdt, W. Jenni, N. Lincoln, B. Schuback, Iw Schupp, Emanuel Lesaffre
Pages: 547-552 - Measuring employment precariousness in the european working conditions survey: the social distribution in Europe(2014)
Authors: Vanesa Puig Barrachina, Christophe Vanroelen, Alejandra Vives, Jose-Miguel Martinez, Carles Muntaner, Katia Levecque, Joan Benach, Freddy Louckx
Pages: 143-161 - Deaf parents and pediatric cochlear implantation: An exploration of the decision-making process(2011)
Authors: Stefan Hardonk, Sarah Daniels, Greetje Desnerck, Gerrit Loots, Geert Van Hove, Erwin Van Kerschaver, Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, Freddy Louckx
Pages: 290-304 - The Belgian law on patients rights in the practice of medical specialists(2008)
Authors: Miranda Schoonacker, Freddy Louckx
Pages: 137-157 - Continue palliatieve sedatie tot aan het overlijden: de ontwikkeling van een praktijkprotocol ter ondersteuning van de praktijk in woonzorgcentra.(2021)
Authors: Lenzo Robijn, Peter Pype, Judith Rietjens
Pages: 6-9 - Pediatric cochlear implantation: a qualitative study of the parental decision-making process in Flanders, Belgium(2010)
Authors: Stefan Hardonk, Greetje Desnerck, Sigrid Bosteels, Geert Van Hove, Erwin Van Kerschaver, Freddy Louckx
Pages: 339-352 - Conflicts between healthcare professionals and families of a multi-ethnic patient population in the intensive care unit(2016)
Authors: Adriana Francke, Jorre Bilsen
Pages: 12-17 - Black-white differences in patient characteristics, treatments, and outcomes in inpatient stroke rehabilitation.(2010)
Authors: Susan Horn, Daniel Deutscher, Randall Smout, Gerben Dejong
Pages: 1712-1722 - Determinants of self-medication with antibiotics in Europe: the impact of beliefs, country wealth ant the healthcare system.(2008)
Authors: Larissa Grigoryan, Reginald Deschepper, Cs Lundborg, F.m. Haaijer-Ruskamp
Pages: 1172-1179