END OF LIFE CARE

This study tests whether a trained peer mentor, along with personalized resource lists and text messages over 12 months, can reduce loneliness and help caregivers of people with dementia find end-of-life resources. About 330 caregivers will take part. The goal is to ease the burd…

This study interviews 30 specialist doctors in Swedish intensive care units to understand how they decide whether to withhold or stop life-sustaining treatment for critically ill children. The goal is to learn about the ethical challenges and personal factors that influence these…

This study will watch popular medical TV dramas to count and describe scenes of death, dying, and violence or aggression toward healthcare workers. Researchers want to understand if these shows create unrealistic expectations for patients and families or influence what people see…

This observational study will use a non-invasive brain-computer interface and artificial intelligence to detect and record brain activity in 20 terminally ill adults immediately after clinical death but before brain death. The goal is to understand if organized cognitive signals …