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van Giffen, Jikke (author)Pregnancy loss, a prevalent yet often hidden phenomenon, affects one in five pregnancies, triggering emotional challenges like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in women. This research seeks to shed light on the unaddressed experiences of couples dealing with pregnancy loss and proposes a design solution to foster positive coping...master thesis 2023
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Cheung, Samira (author)Research shows family caregivers involved in palliative care are not yet supported to the desired extent. Therefore, the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) started the Oog voor Naasten en Nabestaanden (ON2) project, a Palliantieproject financed by ZonMw. The ON2 project helps healthcare organizations with improving the care for family...master thesis 2023
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van der Klauw, Nina (author)This research aims to explore the experiences and needs of social support after the teenager’s parental loss within the secondary school environment and proposes a design intervention. <br/><br/>Teenagers perceive grief more intensely compared to younger ages and adults since it aligns with the rapid transitions of their adolescence. In this...master thesis 2023
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Sanchez de Boevé, Maureen (author)Dementia is a part of our society. One in five people, and for women even one in three, will develop dementia. Dementia has a significant impact on the lives of those affected, as well as their loved ones. This design project focuses on the impact of dementia on the adult children of a parent with Alzheimer's disease.<br/><br/>Once a parent is...master thesis 2023
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QIAN, Shuxian (author)Under the influence of COVID-19, teleconsultation has been applied widely by hospitals and clinics. The value of teleconsultation for the management of chronic diseases is being explored as well. It is widely proved that building a trustworthy relationship between doctors and patients is the key point for long-term care. However, in the new...master thesis 2022
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Wouts, Myron (author)Death is and endlessly interesting and relevant topic. After all, every human will encounter it one way or another. The common denominator among the many cultural and ideological perspectives on death is the cessation of all biological processes of an organism. But beyond that come rituals, values, and beliefs, all of which are subjective and...master thesis 2022
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Çetin, Efkan (author)Religious transition includes a spectrum of experiences that harbours a myriad of challenges. Though it is a non-linear process, every religious transition starts with a critical questioning of religious norms that one has been exposed to. <br/><br/>Reasons for questioning vary from traumatic experiences with religious others to cognitive and...master thesis 2022
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Walraven, Shannon (author)For many people, experiencing intimacy and sexuality is an important aspect of the quality of life. People who are suffering from incurable cancer are no exception (Wang et al., 2018). Often patients encounter a shift from focus on diagnosis and treatment, to emphasis on psychosocial support when cancer treatment is no longer effective. When it...master thesis 2022
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van der Veen, Martine (author)People are reluctant to talk about death. However, death is going to happen, so it is important to discuss the topic while people still can. Discussing death on a more regular basis is beneficial for all people involved. End-of-life conversations can be held to discuss wishes and decisions concerning death and dying. However young adults do not...master thesis 2022
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Zheng, Zhenja (author)THE BRIEF & HET TUSSENLAND<br/>The moment a patient receives the diagnosis of an incurable disease, it often feels like their whole world collapses. One patient explained this feeling as entering the in-between-land, the transition period from ending curative care and entering the end-of-life care. This in-between-land feels like entering an...master thesis 2022
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Chaudhary, Ayushi (author)Mortality is the fact of life, yet we as collective human species relate to it in (multidimensional) fearful ways (Cozzolino et al., 2013). Subsequently, in an attempt to proof ourselves from this death induced anxiety and fear, we have adapted to denying or avoiding our mortality to us, thus living in a death-buffer system. (Cave, 2013)However,...master thesis 2021
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Wan, Rong (author)Support people, especially support the bereaved people, is a challenging task. People’s attitudes towards death vary because many factors can influence it, such as gender, age, educational background, cultural and religious factors. The personality of the attitudes towards death stops people from supporting the bereaved actively because they are...master thesis 2021
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CHEN, YIFAN (author)Coping with pet loss will be difficult for these pet owners without support or guidance. <br/>The pet market has seen increased prosperity as people’s living conditions have improved. Taking the Chinese market as an example, by the end of 2018, the number of pets had surpassed 100 million (Chen, 2019). Approximately 10 million pets die each year...master thesis 2021
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CHEN, QI (author)In China’s hospice services, the focus is often on the patient, and the care of the family is neglected because of the system’s inadequacy. However, when families face the loss of their loved ones, the emergence of grief is unavoidable. Grieving itself is a normal phenomenon, but due to the untimely intervention, some people’s normal grief...master thesis 2021
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Tielen, Loes (author)The focus of this project is on the loved ones during the process of euthanasia. Currently, there is a lack of consistent and clear support for this group. The tips for loved ones that can be found on the websites of euthanasia organizations are often about how to support the person who wants euthanasia. Less support is available on how to deal...master thesis 2021
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Slump, Dita (author)This graduation project is done with the Industrial Design Engineering faculty for the Master’s programme Integrated Product Design (IPD) and cooperating with the End Of Life Lab. Loop-Biotech is a Dutch start-up based at YES Delft and sells the product the ‘Living coffin’. A coffin made out of the living material mycelium. Loop’s purpose is to...master thesis 2021
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Boere, Willemijn (author)Palliative care focuses on improving the patient’s quality of life and the quality of life of the family caregiver. However, in reality, the focus is often on the patient’s needs and not on the family caregiver’s needs. Therefore, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has developed the Oog voor Naasten en Nabestaanden (ON2) method,...master thesis 2021
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Diaz Couder Breceda, Ileana (author)According to the WHO, dementia is one of the main causes of elderly dependency and disability worldwide. People with dementia are not the only ones affected. As the demand for care is high, families and caregivers experience physical, emotional, and sometimes financial stress. Up to date, there is no cure for dementia and its progression. The...master thesis 2020
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Wang, Peixin (author)This thesis is about a design project which supports elderly immigrants with a Chinese background residing in the Netherlands on end-of-life (EOL) preparation. The focus of design research lies in looking into the social probe by design thinking. The qualitative research on the elderly Chinese immigrants and experience collected from EOL...master thesis 2020
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Pak, Hannah (author)The aim of this thesis was to enable people in the last stage of dementia, that are confined to their bed or room, and the people around them with shared positive moments. In order to design an experimental concept proposal that could accomplish that aim, the emotional needs of people living with dementia and the people around them were explored...master thesis 2020