Research interests

My research focuses on meaningful communication in tragic situations, which covers issues such as ethics, tragedy, quality of life and hope.

 

AMC projects:

Quality of life in persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (NWO, 2015-2018)

Living and working with children suffering from Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Bartiméus, 2014-2015)

Ethical dilemmas in mental healthcare for asylum seekers (ZonMw, 2013-2015)

Hope in palliative care. A longitudinal qualitative study. PhD Thesis (ZonMw, 2010-2015)

 

Other projects:

Interreligious spiritual care (VU, 2015)

Gender minorities and religion (VU, 2009-2010)

specialisation

Medical Ethics

Research output

  1. Care and support for persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities without parents: A qualitative exploration

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  2. Parents’ views on medical decisions related to life and death for their ageing child with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: A qualitative study

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  3. ‘My son has lost his dignity’: dignity of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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