All projects

Completed research projects

Access to palliative care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-janssens

Professor Jean-Paul Janssens, Dr. François Herrmann, Geriatrie, Dr. Catherine Weber

Active preparation for the end of life with patients with advanced cancer: A way to reduce stress and increase self-determination?

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-eychmüller

Dr. med. Steffen Eychmüller

Advance care planning

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-krones

Dr. Tanja Krones, Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno, Dr. Kathrin Zaugg, Prof. Rebecca Spirig

Alternative religiosity and its consequences at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-lueddeckens

Prof. Dr. Dorothea Lüddeckens, Dr. phil. Rafael Walthert, Prof. Dr. Helmut Zander

Assessing decision-making incapacity at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-3-regulations-proposals-action/project-biller-andorno

Prof. Dr. Nikola Biller-Andorno, Dr. Manuel Trachsel

Assisted suicide: developments over the last 30 years

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-bartsch

Dr. med. Christine Bartsch, PD Dr. med. Thomas Reisch

Communication Skills in End-of-Life Care

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-stiefel

Prof. Friedrich Stiefel, Prof. Pascal Singy

Cost at the end of life from an economic perspective

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-hintermann

Prof. Dr. Beat Hintermann

Decision-making in general practice settings at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-liebig

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Liebig, Prof. Dr. Peter Voll, Dr. Heike Gudat, Dr. Klaus Bally

Dying at the beginning of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-fleming

Prof. Dr. Valerie Fleming

End of life and diversity in nursing homes

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-znoj

Prof. Dr. Heinzpeter Znoj, Dr. Corina Salis Gross

End-of-life decision-making in paediatric oncology

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-elger

Prof. Dr. Bernice Elger, Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühne, Prof. Dr. Felix Niggli

End-of-life decisions for extremely preterm infants in Switzerland

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-berger

Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Berger, Dr. Ruth Baumann-Hölzle, Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Fauchère, Dr. Matteo Fontana, Dr. Riccardo Pfister

End-of-life in prison: legal context, institutions and actors

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-hostettler

Dr. Ueli Hostettler, Dr. Marina Richter, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Queloz

Extremely preterm infants born at the limit of viability: factors in decision-making

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-fauchere

Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Fauchère, Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Bucher, Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Berger, Dr. Ruth Baumann-Hölzle

Facing the loss of a parent – how is institutional support interiorised?

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-schimmelmann

Prof. Dr. Benno Schimmelmann, Dr. Caroline Grosser

Factors in intensive care unit admission decisions

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-escher

Dr. Monica Escher, Prof. Pierre Dayer, Dr. Patricia Hudelson, Dr. Patricia Hudelson, Prof. Thomas Perneger, Prof. Bara Ricou

Family caregivers in critical end-of-life situations

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-sottas

Dr. Beat Sottas

How do persons with advanced dementia experience the end of life?

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-wolf

Dr. Henrike Wolf, Prof. Dr. Mike Martin, Dr. Florian Riese, Dr. Albert Wettstein, Prof. Dr. Christoph Hock

Imagination and communication of trust at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-buehler

Prof. Dr. Pierre Bühler

Legal regulations at the end of life: where is government intervention needed?

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-3-regulations-proposals-action/project-ruetsche

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rütsche, Prof. Dr. Regina Kiener

Meaning in life, spirituality and personal values at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-4-cultural-concepts-social-ideals/project-borasio

Prof. Dr. Gian Domenico Borasio, Dr. Mathieu Bernard, Dr. Claudia Gamondi, Dr. Florian Strasser

Medical end-of-life decisions: prevalence and trends in Switzerland

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-puhan

Prof. Dr. med. Milo Puhan, Dr. Georg Bosshard, Dr. Karin Faisst, Prof. Dr. med. Felix Gutzwiller, Prof. Dr. Samia Hurst, Dr. Christoph Junker

PALCAP Palliative care for people with intellectual disabilities

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-wicki

Dr. Monika T. Wicki, Judith Adler

Pathways of end-of-life care of the elderly with multimorbidity

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-kaplan

Dr. Vladimir Kaplan, Dr. Mathias Bopp

Priceless? The value of health care at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-beck

Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Konstantin Beck

Quality of end-of-Life care from the perspective of general practitioners and family members

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-bally

Dr. Klaus Bally, Prof. Dr. Bernice Simone Elger, Dr. Heike Gudat, Dr. Dagmar Haller-Hester, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Liebig, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rosemann, Prof. Dr. Peter Tschudi, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Zemp

Regional differences in medical care at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-1-dying-processes-provision-care/project-clough-gorr

Prof. Dr. Kerri Clough-Gorr, Prof. Dr. Andreas E. Stuck, Prof. Dr. Matthias Egger, Prof. Dr. David C. Goodman

Self-determination at the end of life

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-3-regulations-proposals-action/project-aebi-müller

Prof. Dr. Regina E. Aebi-Müller

Self-determined death? Assisted suicide and autonomy

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-3-regulations-proposals-action/project-schaber

Prof. Peter Schaber

Supporting a dying relative: between working and end-of-life care

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-berthod

Prof. Dr. Marc-Antoine Berthod, Dr. Yannis Papadaniel

The wish to die in persons with serious illness

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-gudat

Dr. Heike Gudat

Understanding the wish to die in elderly nursing home residents

http://www.nfp67.ch/en/projects/module-2-decisions-motives-attitudes/project-monod

Dr. Stéfanie Monod, Prof. Christophe Bula, Prof. Armin von Gunten, Dr. Claudia Mazzocato, Dr. Brenda Spencer, Dr. Thomas Münzer, Dr. Pierluigi Quadri