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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| Death in Private Law | Valentine FICHOUX-WILLIOT | Law | Law and Legislation | Jeremy ANTIPPAS | Université Bretagne Sud Lab-LEX |
| Psycho-pedagogical Principles and Characteristics of Therapeutic Education for Patients in Palliative Care: Relevance, Acceptability, and Feasibility of a Therapeutic Education Program for Palliative Care Patients | Marine BOURGNINAUD | Nursing science, Public Health | Therapeutic education | Aurore MARGAT | Université Sorbonne Paris Nord Laboratoire Éducations et Promotion de la Santé |
| A multicenter longitudinal mixed-methods study of the psychological adjustment of parents, grandparents, and siblings following perinatal bereavement: grief adjustment, subjective experience, and needs. | Emilia ALVES | Psychology | Grief / Bereavement | Léonor FASSE | Université Paris Cité Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé |
| Access to palliative care for patients with hematological malignancies. | Sarah MENSI | Palliative care, Hematology, Oncology | Care pathway | Grégoire MOUTEL | Université Caen Normandie Unité de recherche interdisciplinaire pour la prévention et le traitement des cancers |
| Euthanasia: On the Other Side of the Mirror—The Doctor Between Powerlessness and Omnipotence | Pascale FAVRE | Philosophy | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Eric FIAT | Université Gustave Eiffel Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d'Etude du Politique Hannah Arendt |
| Human dignity: A legal and political principle put to the test by the commodification of the body. | Cléo SALION-GIRAULT | Philosophy | Law and Legislation, Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Magali BOSSONE | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Institut des Sciences Juridique et Philosophique de la Sorbonne |
| Organ and Tissue Donation: Ethical Issues in Identifying Relatives Who Oppose Donation | Ethics | Ethical issues, Organ donation and removal | Fabrice GZIL, Martin DUMONT | Université Paris Saclay Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Funeral Practices as Viewed by the Law | Paloma DODEMENT | Law | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care, Law and Legislation | Florian POULET, David FONSECA | Université Évry Paris-Saclay Centre de Recherche Léon Duguit |
| The Role and Functions of Caregiver and Parental Roles in the Development of a Life Plan within the Context of a Neonatal Palliative Care Program | Laure GILLOT | Ethics | Social and cultural representations, Ethical issues, Grief / Bereavement | Laurence CAEYMAEX | Université Paris Est Créteil Centre d'Etude des Discours, Images, Textes, Ecrits, Communications |
| Children at the End of Life: A Pathway of Intersecting Vulnerabilities? The Specifics of Palliative Care for Children Based on the Role of Parents. | Delphine BALIZET | Psychology | Support for relatives and carers, Experiences and perceptions | Magalie BONNET, Florent LHEUREUX | Université Marie et Louis Pasteur Laboratoire de Psychologie |
| Requests for Active Assistance in Dying (AAD): An analysis of the experiences of end-of-life patients admitted to palliative care units, as well as those of their loved ones and the healthcare professionals supporting them. | Anthropology, Sociology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Régis AUBRY | Université Marie et Louis Pasteur Laboratoire de recherches Intégratives en Neurosciences et psychologie Cognitive |
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| An Investigation into Negotiations Surrounding the Deceased Body: The Case of Organ Donation. | Carmen MESLIER | Sociology | Organ donation and removal | Philippe CHARRIER, Francoise LE BORGNE-UGUEN | Nantes Université Centre Nantais de Sociologie |
| The profession of mortuary attendant. | Lilou VOUTHIER | Sociology | Social and cultural representations, Interprofessional collaborations | Florent SCHEPENS | Université Marie et Louis Pasteur Laboratoire de Sociologie et d'Anthropologie |
| Death and Freedom: An Interpretation of Sartre | Elizaveta PAVLENKOVA | Literature | Ethical issues | Jean-Marc MOUILLIE | Université Paris Sciences Lettres République des savoirs : Lettres, Sciences, Philosophie |
| How can palliative care training for oncology residents be improved? An overview of their current training and the development of a palliative care curriculum tailored to oncology residents | Raphaëlle HABERT-DANTIGNY | Oncology, Palliative care | Professional training / Teaching | Alexandre BELLIER, Benoit ALLENET, Cécile BARBARET | Université Grenoble Alpes Recherche Translationnelle et Innovation en Médecine et Complexité |
| Psychosocial Vulnerabilities: Palliative Care; Older Adults | Nadine TABUE TEGUO | Public Health | Experiences and perceptions | Mustapha DRAME | Université des Antilles Épidémiologie Clinique et Vieillissement |
| The Face of the Deceased: A Prolegomenon to Funeral Ethics | Sylvie CLASSE | Philosophy | Ethical issues, Grief / Bereavement | Eric FIAT | Université Gustave Eiffel Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d'Etude du Politique Hannah Arendt |
| Organ Donation and Biomedical Law | Yael ZEITOUN | Law | Organ donation and removal, Law and Legislation | Gérard TEBOUL | Université Paris-Est Créteil Marchés, institutions, libertés |
| Inert bodies, moving corpses. The paths of the dead in France: (dis)placement, movement, and representations | Geography | Social and cultural representations, Health policies, Assessment of professional practices/systems/tools and scales, Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Xavier BERNIER | Sorbonne Université MEDIATIONS - Sciences des lieux, sciences des liens |
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| The Role of the Patient-Caregiver-Healthcare Provider Partnership and Real-Life Experiences in Palliative Care Support in Primary Care | General Medicine, Public Health, Nursing science, Palliative care | Patient support, Support for relatives and carers, Autonomy for people at the End-of-Life, End-of-life care at home, Decision-making processes | Nora MOUMJID, Julien CARRETIER | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Laboratoire Parcours Santé Systémique |
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 ethical faculties of intensive care providers: adaptation and alignment. | Ethics | Decision-making processes, Ethical issues | Fabrice GZIL, Sadek BELOUCIF | CNRS - INSERM - Institut Gustave Roussy - UVSQ - Université Paris Saclay Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Governing the Ordinary Dead: A Theory of Postmortem Justice | Camille COLLIN | Political science | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care, Organ donation and removal, Health policies | Astrid VON BUSEKIST | Sciences Po Centre de recherches politiques |
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| Phenomenology of the Relationship to Death and Everyday Language Regarding Death: Requests for Euthanasia Among the Elderly | Jelena ROSIC | Psychoanalysis | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Experiences and perceptions | Mareike WOLF-FEDIDA | Université Paris Cité Centre de Recherches Psychanalyse, Médecine et Société |
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| Speaking Out and Resisting on Death Row: Restrictions, Censorship, and "Do It Yourself" | Valentine CUNY-LE-CALLET | Arts | Social and cultural representations | Christophe VIART | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Arts Créations Théories Esthétique |
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| Normalizing the Process of Dying: A Psychosocial Analysis of Sedation in Palliative Care | Psychology | Sedation, Social and cultural representations, Experiences and perceptions | Lionel DANY, Pierre LE COZ | Aix-Marseille Université Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale |
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| Cerebral Anoxia: A Multiscale and Multistructural Study | Sofia CARRION-FALGARONA | Neurosciences | Neurobiological mechanisms of death | Stéphane CHARPIER, Séverine MAHON | Sorbonne Université Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière |
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| From the Personal to the Political: The Narrative Dimensions of Funeral Choices in a Transnational and Minority Context: A Study of Immigrants from the Maghreb and Their Descendants (Chalon-sur-Saône) | Valérie CUZOL | Sociology, Anthropology | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Emmanuelle SANTELLI | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Centre Max Weber |
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| Living conditions, social networks, and care pathways of oncology patients receiving home-based care: a study of social disparities in the Île-de-France region using a mixed-methods approach | Isabelle TEYCHENE | Sociology | End-of-life care at home, Care pathway | Philippe COMBESSIE, Myriam KHLAT | Université Paris Nanterre Sociologie, philosophie et socio-anthropologies politiques |
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| Interactionist Sociology of End-of-Life Nursing: An Analysis of the Social World of Assisted Dying in French-Speaking Switzerland | Murielle POTT | Sociology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Interprofessional collaborations, Patient support | Stéphane RULLAC | Université Paris 8 | |
| Speaking of Death: Legal and Bioethical Terminology Related to End-of-Life Care in German, French, and Brazilian Portuguese | Language sciences | Law and Legislation | Thierry GRASS | Université de Strasbourg Linguistique, Langues, Parole |
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| The Experiences of Caregivers of People in the Palliative Phase of Cancer: Challenges and Psychosocial Determinants of Adjustment to (Pre)Grief | Marie HASDENTEUFEL | Psychology | Grief / Bereavement, Experiences and perceptions, Support for relatives and carers | Bruno QUINTARD | Université de Bordeaux Bordeaux Population Health Research Center |
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| Death in Secret: A Sociological Analysis of Two Organizations Advocating for the Right to Die in France | Sociology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Cherry SCHRECKER, Frédéric BALARD | Université de Lille Laboratoire de Sociologie des Territoires, du Travail, des Âges et de la Santé |
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| Euthanasia: Between Ethics and the Law | Georges GONZALES | Law | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Law and Legislation | Christine PAGNON-MAUDET | Université de Perpignan Via Domitia Centre de Recherches sur les Sociétés et Environnements en Méditerranées |
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| Death chosen for psychological or existential reasons: from self-determination to ethical reflection | Françoise CHASTANG | Ethics | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Ethical issues | Emmanuel HIRSCH | Université Paris Saclay Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Death in the Modern Age: Funeral Practices and the Economy of the Afterlife in Contemporary Japan | Renata CIOMPALA | Anthropology | Funeral practices / Post-mortem care | Matthias HAYEK | École Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale |
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| Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Physicians and the Law | Ahmed HADDADI | Law | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Ethical issues, Law and Legislation | Bruno RAVAZ | Université de Toulon Centre d'études et de recherche sur les contentieux |
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| A Clinical Study of the Concept of "Home" in End-of-Life Care at Home: A Thematic and Textual Analysis of 13 Non-Directive Research Interviews. | Psychology | Support for relatives and carers, End-of-life care at home | Marie-Frédérique BACQUÉ | Université de Strasbourg Subjectivité, lien social et modernité |
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| The Role of Sick Peers Among Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with Cancer: A Study of Psychological Adjustment, Social Support, and the Grief Process of a Sick Peer | Psychology | Grief / Bereavement, Patient support | Cécile FLAHAULT | Université de Paris Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé |
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| “Gaining a Better Understanding of and Raising Awareness About Palliative Care Volunteers: An Exploration of Their Psychosocial Profile and a Study of Their Perceived Well-Being and Associated Psychological Factors.” | Psychology | Patient support, Assessment of professional practices/systems/tools and scales | Carolina BAEZA VELASCO | Université de Paris Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé |
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| The Clinic of Finitude: Between Clinical Narratives and Literary Narratives—Functions and Transference Issues | Psychology | Experiences and perceptions, Patient support, Psychological and existential suffering | Christian BONNET | Aix-Marseille Université Laboratoire de Psychologie Clinique, de Psychopathologie et de Psychanalyse |
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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