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Project 10: Expectations and expectation violation in the communication about death and dying

Dr. Pia von Blanckenburg (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy)

PhD Student: Yannik Bendel

This project will investigate the effect of expectations on the readiness for end-of-life conversations with cancer patients, caregivers and healthy adults. In addition, this project will elucidate to what extent these expectations can be modified.

Publications

Bendel, Y., Pinquart, M., Schulz-Quach, C., & von Blanckenburg, P. (2022). Expectations in the Communication About Death and Dying: Development and Initial Validation of the End-of-Life Conversations–Expectations Scale. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222822111072

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