Thesis directory
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The French National Platform for End-of-Life Research lists thesis work relating to this field. The latest count is 101 theses in progress and 89 theses defended since 2019.
Theses in progress
106 thesis(es)
| Thesis title | PhD candidate | Discipline(s) | Research topic(s) | Supervisor | Institution |
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| Experiences, Perceptions, and Patterns of Symbolization Among Intensive Care Nurses in the Context of the “Maastricht 3” Organ Donation Procedure Following a Decision to Withdraw Active Treatment. | Marion CARAMELLO | Psychology | Organ donation and removal, Experiences and perceptions, Supporting caregivers | Johann JUNG | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Centre de Recherche en Psychopathologie et Psychologie Clinique |
| The Representation of Children's Suffering and Death in Contemporary American Literature | Julia CARADEC | Linguistics | Grief / Bereavement, Social and cultural representations | Sophie VALLAS | Aix-Marseille Université Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone |
| Aging and Dying with Diabetes in Later Life: The Effects of Diabetes on the Trajectories of Aging and Dying | Sociology | Aging, Experiences and perceptions | Ingrid VOLERY, Frédéric BALARD | Université de Lorraine Laboratoire de Sociologie des Territoires, du Travail, des Âges et de la Santé |
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| Agony, or the Aesthetics of Silence | Ethics, Palliative care | Ethical issues | Eric FIAT | Université Gustave Eiffel Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d'Etude du Politique Hannah Arendt |
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| Preparing for the End of Life in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Development and Evaluation of a Dedicated Consultation Service | Charlie SENTENAC | Ethics | Advance planning / Advance directives | Sandrine DE MONTGOLFIER, Francesca MININEL | Aix-Marseille Université Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé et Traitement de l'Information Médicale |
| Facing Death: End-of-Life as a Project or an Outcome. A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers, Adolescent and Young Adult Patients, and Their Families | Arnaud TEILLET | Psychology | Patient support, Support for relatives and carers, Supporting caregivers | Elise RICADAT | Université Paris Cité Institut Universitaire d’hématologie |
| Words from Prison. Issues in Discourse on Inmate Deaths: Accountability, Recognition, and Prevention | Marie JALVE HEISS | Sociology, Language sciences | Experiences and perceptions | Marion CAREL, Edouard GARDELLA | École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’études sur les réflexivités - Fonds Yan Thomas |
| Assisted Death: Social Acceptability, Societal Demand, or a Paradoxical Imperative? | Korane HASSAN BILEH | Law | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Law and Legislation, Social and cultural representations | François VIALLA | Université de Montpellier Institut d'Histoire du Droit Edmond Meynial |
| Family psychotherapies focused on traumatic grief: psychological processes and perceptions of change | Sevan MINASSIAN | Psychology | Grief / Bereavement | Marie-Rose MORO | Université Paris Cité Laboratoire Psychologie Clinique, Psychopathologie, Psychanalyse |
| Implementing the green transition in Parisian cemeteries | Julie ROUSSET | Architecture | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Sophie DIDIER | Université Gustave Eiffel Laboratoire de l'action collective urbaine |
| The Enforcement of Patients' Rights at the End of Life | Yann MICHEL | Law | Law and Legislation | Clémentine LEGENDRE | Université de Lorraine Institut François Geny |
| Perinatal Grief in Men: A Psychodynamic Study of the Metapsychological Links Between the Processual Nature of the Virtual Object Relationship and That of the Grief Process in the Process of Paternal Subjectivation | Anna COLOMBIES | Psychology | Grief / Bereavement | Sylvie LOUBERE-BOURDET | Université de Toulouse Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Recherche en santé des POPulations |
| Grief among caregivers following home hospitalization (HAD): the role of sensory and quasi-sensory experiences of the deceased (SED) as a catalyst for change. | Myriam AMEUR | Language sciences | Grief / Bereavement, Support for relatives and carers | Arnaud PLAGNOL | Université Paris 8 Laboratoire Psychopathologie et Processus de Changement |
| The democratic experience in a palliative care unit: a means of care or the ultimate goal of work organization? | Laurène SANCHEZ-GOUTY | Philosophy | Ethical issues, Experiences and perceptions | Claire PAGES | Université Paris Nanterre Sociologie, philosophie et socio-anthropologies politiques |
| Psychological Support in Palliative Care: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives on "Working with the Formless" in Older Adults | Camille BOUILLÉ | Psychology | Patient support | Raphaël MINJARD | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Centre de Recherche en Psychopathologie et Psychologie Clinique |
| The Role of Medical Empathy in the Transition of Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones to Palliative Care | Louise RICHEZ | Psychology | Experiences and perceptions | Kristopher LAMORE | Université de Lille Sciences Cognitives & Sciences Affectives |
| Gaining a Better Understanding of the Impact of Death on Healthcare Providers: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention | Marie Gabrielle COURTES | Oncology, Ethics | Experiences and perceptions | Fiona ECARNOT | Université Marie et Louis Pasteur Soins Intégrés, Nanomédecine, IA et Ingénierie pour la Santé |
| Euthanasia and End-of-Life Care in France: Consent Under Scrutiny in a Freedom Conditional on Suffering and Vulnerability | Carla GAILLARD | Law | Law and Legislation, Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Experiences and perceptions | Jean-René BINET | Université de Rennes Institut de l'Ouest : Droit et Europe |
| Civil funeral ceremonies in France and Switzerland: between privatization and institutionalization | Lucie MORIN | Anthropology | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Gaelle CLAVANDIER, Marc-Antoine BERTHOD | Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne Centre Max Weber |
| Gathering Around the Dead? Communities’ Relationships with Their Deceased in Contemporary Epic Narratives. | Louise MICOUIN | Literature | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Laurent DEMANZE | Université Grenoble Alpes Arts et pratiques du texte, de l'image, de l'écran et de la scène |
Theses defended since 2019
91 thesis(es)
| Thesis title | Year | PhD candidate | Discipline(s) | Research topic(s) | Supervisor | Institution / Laboratory |
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| The Remains: An Epistemological and (Socio-)Ontological Inquiry into the Establishment of Intersubjective Relationships with the Dead | Philosophy | Experiences and perceptions | Jean-Philippe PIERRON | Université Lyon 3 Jean Moulin Institut de Recherche Philosophique de Lyon - ED 487 |
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| Europe's Relationship with the Dead and Missing at Its Borders: A Cultural Study of the Law | Mohamed ELSAYEH | Law | Law and Legislation | Loic AZOULAI , Helena ALVIAR GARCIA | Sciences Po Ecole de droit |
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| Green Funerals: An Anthropological Analysis of a New Relationship with Death, the Body, and the Environment | Anthropology | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care, Social and cultural representations | Isabelle BIANQUIS | Université de Tours CItés, TERritoires, Environnement et Sociétés |
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| When Efficiency Penetrates the Bodies of Patients and Caregivers: Resisting So That Life Prevails—An Ethnography in a Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department | Mylène CANVEL | Management sciences | Organisation of care | LE THEULE Marie-Astrid | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action |
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| Brain mechanisms, clinical assessment, and a meditative approach to stress adaptation and prolonged grief disorder | Thomas LE FRANCOIS | Neurosciences, Biology | Grief / Bereavement | Éric Bui THANH-HUY, Gaël CHETELAT | Université de Caen Normandie Physiopathologie et imagerie des troubles neurologiques |
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| Toward the Early Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology: A Descriptive Study of the Health Needs of Patients with Advanced Cancer in the Île-de-France Region and the Alignment of These Needs with Health Services | Public Health | Early palliative care, Organisation of care | Matthieu DE STAMPA | Université Paris Saclay Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Toward the Early Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology: A Descriptive Study of the Health Needs of Patients with Metastatic Cancer in the Île-de-France Region and the Alignment of These Needs with Health Services | Marine TAVERNIER | Public Health | Early palliative care, Care pathway | Matthieu DE STAMPA | Université Paris Saclay Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Is he in pain? Ethical considerations regarding the introduction of a patient-reported comfort assessment tool in palliative care settings | Ethics | Ethical issues, Early palliative care, Assessment and Management of Symptoms | François PUISIEUX , SABOT Philippe | Université de Lille Metrics : évaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales |
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| Impact of an integrated palliative care day hospital for adult oncology patients on health status and resource utilization | Laura MARRET | Public Health | Care pathway | DE STAMPA Matthieu | Université Paris Saclay Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Palliative Care and Primary Care: General Practitioners’ Assessment of the Adequacy of Care and Analysis of Care Pathways. The Hestia Study | Epidemiology | Organisation of care, Care pathway | Thomas HANSLIK , Louise ROSSIGNOL | Sorbonne Université Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique |
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| Death, the City, and “Ecology”: The Construction of an Alternative Funeral Landscape in the Strasbourg Metropolitan Area. | Architecture | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Denis BOCQUET | Ecole nationale supérieur d'architecture de Strasbourg / Institut national des sciences appliquées de Strasbourg Architecture, Morphologie Urbaine |
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| The Headstone, the Ivy, and the Chrysanthemum: Creating and Regulating Funeral Landscapes in the 21st Century. | Geography, Anthropology, Architecture, Law | Grief / Bereavement, Law and Legislation, Philosophy of death, Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Yves-François LE LAY, Lionel LASLAZ | École normale supérieure (ENS) de Lyon Environnement Ville Société |
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| The Role of Community Pharmacists in Home-Based Palliative Care, Its Impact on Their Well-Being, and Factors Contributing to Psychological Adjustment | Psychology | Interprofessional collaborations, End-of-life care at home, Experiences and perceptions | Michael DAMBRUN , Axelle VAN LANDER | Université Clermont Auvergne Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive |
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| Is death a public issue? | Alèxe DUVAUT | Political science | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Andy SMITH, Pascale TROMPETTE | Université de Bordeaux Centre Émile-Durkheim – Science politique et sociologie comparatives |
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| Contemporary Poetry and the Challenge of Grief: From Therapeutic Expression to Creative Expression | Maxime AILLAUD | Literature | Grief / Bereavement | Béatrice BONHOMME | Université Côte d'Azur Centre Transdisciplinaire d’Épistémologie de la Littérature et des arts vivants |
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| Death at the Crossroads of Law and Culture | Khalil BENAIDA | Law | Law and Legislation | Catherine PUIGELIER | Université Paris 8 Forces du droit : paradoxes, comparaisons et expérimentations |
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| The psychological effects of requests for euthanasia on healthcare providers | Psychology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Dolores ALBARRACIN | Université de Poitiers Clinique de l'Acte et Psychosexualité |
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| Drawing Death, Experiencing Its Exhibition: Representations of Death and Expressions of Grief in Non-Finito Drawings | Luci GARCIA | Arts | Grief / Bereavement, Social and cultural representations | Sandrine MORSILLO | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Arts Créations Théories Esthétique |
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| Palliative Care and the Proper Use of Medications: What Are the Challenges? | Palliative care, Pharmacology | Medicines / Therapeutics / Medical devices | Caroline VICTORRI-VIGNEAU, Marianne BOURDON, Jean-François HUON | Nantes Université Methods in Patient-centered outcomes and Health Research |
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| Advance Directives (AD): How Should We Think About Our Own Impending Death? Feasibility, Intra- and Intersubjectivity, Institutional Organization. | Psychology | Advance planning / Advance directives, Communication | Nathalie DUMET | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Centre de Recherche en Psychopathologie et Psychologie Clinique |
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Last updated: July 2026
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Vigipallia is the documentary portal of the Centre national Soins palliatifs et Fin de vie (CNSPFV). It lists digitized dissertations and theses related to end-of-life and palliative care.
Useful links
This list features portals offering international access to digital theses:
- DART-Europe: European theses portal, is the result of a partnership of research libraries and library consortia working together to improve global access to European theses
- Theses Canada Portal: enables users to locate theses and dissertations written at Canadian universities
- RERODOC: electronic library of the RERO network in French-speaking Switzerland
- UK e-Theses Online Service (EThOS) : service provided by the British Library, offering a single point of access to theses submitted at the majority of UK universities
- DIVA: database of theses and research papers from Scandinavian universities
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD): portal set up by the library of Wake Forest University (USA), which harvests several international directories of open access electronic theses
- Trove: portal providing access to Australian digital theses