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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| End-of-life care for elderly people in care facilities | L'Allegresse Mineige EMAKOLOWE AKAMBIAYI | Law | Law and Legislation | Magali BOUTEILLE-BRIGANT | Le Mans Université Themis Université du Maine |
| The medicalization of psychological suffering at the end of life | Ethics | Psychological and existential suffering | Pierre LE COZ, Barthélémy TOSELLO | Aix-Marseille Université Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Ethique et Santé |
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| Identifying methods to improve care for patients with incurable cancer in palliative care units: An approach based on the patient-caregiver relationship | Chloé PREVOST | Philosophy | Patient support, Assessment of professional practices/systems/tools and scales, Assessment and Management of Symptoms | Cédric PATERNOTTE | Sorbonne Université Sciences Normes Démocratie |
| Where do you want to die? From the dying person to the corpse, caring for them until the very end | Constance MOREAL DE BREVANS | Anthropology | Social and cultural representations, End of life in a hospital/medical-social care facility, Care pathway | Ghislaine GALLENGA | Aix-Marseille Université Institut d'Ethnologie et d'Anthropologie Sociale |
| Patients' Rights at the End of Life: An Analysis of the Legal Aspects Surrounding End-of-Life Medical Decisions | Jean-François MBAYE | Law | Law and Legislation | Jocelyn CLERCKX, Catherine PUIGELIER | Université du Havre Laboratoire de recherche en droits fondamentaux, échanges internationaux et de la mer |
| Personal Experiences and the Role of Grandparents in Coping with Perinatal Death | Emmanuelle RACCAH | Psychology | Experiences and perceptions, Grief / Bereavement | Anne-Sophie DEBORDE | Université Paris 8 Paragraphe |
| Perceptions of Motherhood and Perinatal Bereavement in Mayotte | Maureen LOIR-MONGAZON | Psychology | Grief / Bereavement | Bérangère BEAUQUIER | Université Paris Cité Laboratoire Psychologie Clinique, Psychopathologie, Psychanalyse |
| Metaphors and neologisms related to perinatal death in Dutch-speaking Belgium | Eline PUT | Language sciences | Experiences and perceptions, Grief / Bereavement | Maarten LEMMENS | Université de Lille Savoirs, textes, langage |
| End-of-life issues in the law | Inès ANELLO | Law | Law and Legislation | Alain GUILLOTIN | Aix-Marseille Université Droits International, Comparé et Européen |
| How should we understand the request to die in the context of euthanasia legislation? | Magali GAILLARDET | Psychology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Johann YUNG | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Centre de Recherche en Psychopathologie et Psychologie Clinique |
| Mourning in the Law | Clara PINSARD | Law | Grief / Bereavement, Law and Legislation | Anne-Marie LAROYER | Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne Institut de recherche juridique de la Sorbonne |
| The Same Death for Everyone? An Investigation into the Circumstances of Death in the ICU | Hélène MARCOULT | Sociology | End of life in a hospital/medical-social care facility | Julien BERNARD | Université Paris Nanterre Laboratoire de sociologie, philosophie et anthropologie politiques |
| When requests for assisted dying challenge the medical profession: what impact will this have on future medical practices? | Ethics | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Ethical issues | Marta SPRANZI | INSERM/Université Paris Saclay/UVSQ/Hôpital Paul Brousse Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations |
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| Contact with the deceased and mental health: an exploratory study of the clinical implications of spontaneous and induced necrophanic experiences | Romain JALLET | Psychology | Psychological and existential suffering | Renaud EVRARD | Université de Lorraine Laboratoire de psychologie de l'interaction et des relations intersubjectives |
| Legalization of euthanasia: an ethical dilemma for healthcare providers | Khaoula CHERQUAOUI | Psychology | Ethical issues, Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Dolores ALBARRACIN | Université de Poitiers Clinique de l'Acte et Psychosexualité |
| Evaluation of the implementation process for a complex rehabilitation intervention in palliative oncology: evaluation of the INSPIRE intervention | Julia ROMEYER | Oncology, Palliative care | Assessment of professional practices/systems/tools and scales | Olivier GLEHEN, Vahan KEPENEKIAN | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Centre pour l’Innovation en Cancérologie de Lyon |
| The Philosophy of Grief: Experiences and Testimonies of Grief ε. | Osmar uriel RAMIREZ GOMEZ | Philosophy | Grief / Bereavement | Francisco NAISHAT | Université Paris 8 Laboratoires d'études et de recherches sur les logiques contemporaines de la philosophie |
| APSY-SED Study: Psychological adjustment of family members and healthcare professionals caring for cancer patients for whom deep, continuous sedation until death is being considered | Psychology, Oncology, Palliative care | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, Grief / Bereavement, Sedation, Limitations and discontinuation of treatment, Experiences and perceptions, End of life in a hospital/medical-social care facility | Léonor FASSE, Cécile FLAHAULT | Institut Gustave Roussy - Université Paris Cité Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé |
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| Declaring death in emergency medicine following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a balance between action, knowledge, communication, and expertise | Sabine LEMOINE | Ethics | Ethical issues | Marie-France MAMZER-BRUNEEL | Université Paris Cité Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers |
| End of Life: The Psychological Determinants of Decision-Making in a Context of Distress | Psychology | Decision-making processes | Axelle VAN LANDER, Virginie GUASTELLA | Université Clermont Auvergne Unité de Recherche AutomédiCation aCcompagnement Pluriprofessionnel PatienT |
Theses defended since 2019
91 thesis(es)
| Thesis title | Year | PhD candidate | Discipline(s) | Research topic(s) | Supervisor | Institution / Laboratory |
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| Suffering and Palliative Care. Research on the relationship between representations and perceptions of meaning, temporality, and attitudes toward death in end-of-life care. | Bruno KUETE | Philosophy, Ethics | Ethical issues, Psychological and existential suffering | Jacques CHATUÉ, Laurent DENIZEAU | Université Catholique de Lyon et Université de Dschang CONFLUENCE : Sciences et Humanités |
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| The Subjectivity of Care in the Face of Death. | Psychology | Experiences and perceptions | Hélène RIAZUELO | Université Paris Nanterre Clinique, Psychanalyse, Développement |
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| The "near-death" experience: a phenomenology of reality | Olivier DELPORTE - FONTAINE | Ethics | Experiences and perceptions, Ethical issues | Pascal NOUVEL | Université de Tours Education, Ethique, Santé |
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| From Grief to Career Change: How Personal, Grief-Inducing Events Affect Professional Life | Lidiia PLETNEVA | Management sciences | Grief / Bereavement | Anca METIU | ESSEC Business School | |
| Coming to Terms with the Impending Death: An Ethnography of Grief in Nursing Homes (2016–2021). | Catherine MAURIZE | Sociology | Social and cultural representations, End of life in a hospital/medical-social care facility | Bertrand RAVON | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Centre Max Weber |
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| Communication and Palliative Care: The Existential Dimension as a Form of Mediation | Information and communication sciences | Communication, Experiences and perceptions | Patrick BAUDRY | Université Bordeaux-Montaigne Médiations, Informations, Communication, Arts |
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| The Legal Status of Human Remains: A Comparative Study | Jordy BONY | Law | Law and Legislation | Jérémy HEYMANN | Université Lumière Lyon 2 Transversales |
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| Orthotics for Independence | Philosophy | Ethical issues | Eric FIAT | Université Paris Est Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d'Etude du Politique Hannah Arendt |
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| The Role of Next of Kin in Presumed Consent for Postmortem Organ Donation | Antoine BAUMANN | Ethics | Ethical issues, Organ donation and removal, Support for relatives and carers | Frédérique CLAUDOT, Gérard AUDIBERT | Université de Lorraine Interdisciplinarité en Santé Publique, Interventions & Instruments de Mesure Complexes |
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| Euthanasia and the "Art of Dying": An Anthropological Study of Euthanasia Practices in Belgium | Choé VALLÉE | Anthropology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Laurence HÉRAULT | Aix-Marseille Université Institut d'ethnologie méditerranéenne |
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| Talking About Death in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities: Toward a Psychological Understanding of Residents’ Attitudes Toward Life and Death | Psychology | Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide, End of life in a hospital/medical-social care facility, Experiences and perceptions | Magali BONNET, Dario SPINI | Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté Laboratoire de Psychologie |
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| Words and Silences at the End of Life: A Study of Memories and the Implementation of Support Based on Life Review for Palliative Care Patients | Psychology | Experiences and perceptions, Care pathway, Patient support | Greg DECAMPS, Kamel GANA | Université de Bordeaux Laboratoire de Psychologie |
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| The Swan Song: An Exploratory Approach to the Clinical Implications of Terminal Lucidity | Psychology | Experiences and perceptions, Ethical issues | Marie-Frédérique BACQUÉ, Renaud EVRARD | Université de Lorraine Laboratoire de psychologie de l'interaction et des relations intersubjectives |
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| Building a Family After the Death of a Child: A Sociological Study of Grief | Lucie JEGAT | Sociology | Grief / Bereavement | Gaelle CLAVANDIER | École normale supérieure (ENS) de Lyon Centre Max Weber |
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| Ending Life: A Legal and Ethical Study, Europe & the United States | Wadiaa ISHAC | Law | Law and Legislation, Death wish / Euthanasia / Assisted suicide | Laurent MAYALI | École Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) Laboratoire d'Etudes sur les Monothéismes |
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| Care pathways for older adults starting from the acute geriatric unit: risk factors identified through analyses of the DAMAGE cohort | Guillaume DESCHASSE | Public Health | Care pathway | François PUISIEUX, Frédéric BLOCH | Université de Lille Metrics : évaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales |
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| Discursive Positions in the Public Debate on End-of-Life Care: Generic Variations Between (Inter)subjectivity and Interdiscursivity | Claudia CAGNINELLI | Language sciences | Analysis of the public debate | Julien LONGHI , Chiara PREITE | CY Cergy Paris Université Laboratoire de recherche civilisations, identités culturelles, textes et francophonie |
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| Death, anxiety, time. End-of-life care: the reality of death in the future tense | Maiwenn BEQUET | Psychology | Psychological and existential suffering, Assessment and Management of Symptoms | Alain ABELHAUSER | Université de Rennes 2 Recherches en psychopathologie, nouveaux symptômes et lien social |
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| Supporting Those Who Are Grieving: Pastoral Challenges and Issues Related to the Central Message of the New Evangelization—"The Death and Resurrection of Christ" | Sébastien LAOUER | Theology | Grief / Bereavement, Support for relatives and carers | Christine AULENBACHER | Université de Strasbourg Laboratoire Théologie catholique et Sciences religieuses |
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| The psychological dynamics of chronic dialysis patients when drafting advance directives | Salma AMAMOU | Psychology | Advance planning / Advance directives, Limitations and discontinuation of treatment | Marie-Frédérique BACQUÉ | Université de Strasbourg Subjectivité, lien social et modernité |
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Last updated: July 2026
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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