Luc Deliëns

27.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
572 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Luc Deliëns is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luc Deliëns has authored 572 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 521 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 234 papers in General Health Professions and 180 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Luc Deliëns's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (519 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (195 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (162 papers). Luc Deliëns is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (519 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (195 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (162 papers). Luc Deliëns collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Luc Deliëns's co-authors include Joachim Cohen, Lieve Van den Block, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, Johan Bilsen, Dirk Houttekier, Robert Vander Stichele, Koen Pardon, Freddy Mortier, Kenneth Chambaere and Gerrit van der Wal and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Luc Deliëns

545 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a randomised controlled trial

2018 308 citations Koen Pardon, Luc Deliëns et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luc Deliëns Belgium	62	13.8k	6.3k	5.1k	3.8k	1.9k	572	15.9k
R. Sean Morrison United States	73	9.9k 0.7×	4.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	3.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	227	16.6k
Diane E. Meier United States	62	11.1k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	247	15.3k
Susan D. Block United States	71	14.3k 1.0×	5.5k 0.9×	5.4k 1.1×	5.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.3×	224	18.4k
James A. Tulsky United States	72	11.4k 0.8×	6.0k 1.0×	3.5k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.7×	323	16.6k
Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen Netherlands	59	10.4k 0.8×	5.1k 0.8×	4.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	974 0.5×	399	12.6k
Julia Addington‐Hall United Kingdom	61	7.2k 0.5×	3.6k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	938 0.5×	192	11.3k
Agnes van der Heide Netherlands	50	9.1k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	364	11.7k
Laura C. Hanson United States	52	7.2k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	277	10.4k
Rebecca L. Sudore United States	45	7.4k 0.5×	5.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	2.7k 1.4×	230	10.6k
Anthony L. Back United States	55	7.4k 0.5×	5.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.3×	2.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	157	10.8k

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Willmott, Lindy, et al.. (2025). Key challenges in providing assisted dying in Belgium: a qualitative analysis of health professionals’ experiences. Palliative Care and Social Practice. 19. 406615836–406615836. 1 indexed citations

Dierickx, Sigrid, Kenneth Chambaere, Freddy Mortier, et al.. (2025). Physicians’ preferences for their own end of life: a comparison across North America, Europe, and Australia. Journal of Medical Ethics. 52(2). jme–2024. 1 indexed citations

Dury, Sarah, Kenneth Chambaere, Liesbeth De Donder, et al.. (2024). Mapping the ripple effects of a compassionate university for serious illness, death, and bereavement. Palliative Care and Social Practice. 18. 396569902–396569902.

Willmott, Lindy, et al.. (2023). What Domains of Belgian Euthanasia Practice are Governed and by Which Sources of Regulation: A Scoping Review. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 92(4). 2105–2130. 1 indexed citations

Miranda, Rose, Luc Deliëns, Stein Kaasa, et al.. (2023). Do cancer centres and palliative care wards routinely measure patients’ quality of life? An international cross-sectional survey study. Supportive Care in Cancer. 31(8). 499–499. 4 indexed citations

Pivodic, Lara, Joni Gilissen, Stefanie De Buyser, et al.. (2022). Effects of a theory-based advance care planning intervention for nursing homes: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Palliative Medicine. 36(7). 1059–1071. 7 indexed citations

Chambaere, Kenneth, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, Liesbeth De Donder, et al.. (2022). Researching Compassionate Communities: Identifying theoretical frameworks to evaluate the complex processes behind public health palliative care initiatives. Palliative Medicine. 37(2). 291–301. 9 indexed citations

Verhofstadt, Monica, Koen Pardon, Kurt Audenaert, et al.. (2021). Why adults with psychiatric conditions request euthanasia: A qualitative interview study of life experiences, motives and preventive factors. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 144. 158–167. 18 indexed citations

Robijn, Lenzo, Marie-José Gijsberts, Peter Pype, et al.. (2021). Continuous Palliative Sedation Until Death: The Development of a Practice Protocol for Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 22(8). 1776.e1–1776.e7. 2 indexed citations

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Cohen, Joachim, et al.. (2021). Nationwide evaluation of palliative care (Q-PAC study) provided by specialized palliative care teams using quality indicators : Large variations in quality of care. Palliative Medicine. 35(8). 1525–1541. 6 indexed citations

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Deliëns, Luc, et al.. (2020). Integration of oncology and palliative care: summary of the Lancet Oncology Commission Paper.. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 1 indexed citations

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Gilissen, Joni, Lara Pivodic, Wilfried Cools, et al.. (2020). Nurses’ self-efficacy, rather than their knowledge, is associated with their engagement in advance care planning in nursing homes: A survey study. Palliative Medicine. 34(7). 917–924. 32 indexed citations

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Harding, Richard, Stefano Marchetti, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, et al.. (2018). Place of death for people with HIV: a population-level comparison of eleven countries across three continents using death certificate data. BMC Infectious Diseases. 18(1). 55–55. 12 indexed citations

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Cohen, Joachim, et al.. (2018). The liminal space palliative care volunteers occupy and their roles within it: a qualitative study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 10(3). e28–e28. 25 indexed citations

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Houttekier, Dirk, et al.. (2018). Palliative care volunteerism across the healthcare system: A survey study. Palliative Medicine. 32(7). 1233–1245. 24 indexed citations

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Sizoo, Eefje M., Martin Klein, Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag, et al.. (2013). The End-of-Life Phase of High-Grade Glioma Patients: Dying With Dignity?. The Oncologist. 18(2). 198–203. 58 indexed citations

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Steen, Jenny T. van der, Luc Deliëns, Miel W. Ribbe, & Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen. (2012). Selection Bias in Family Reports on End of Life with Dementia in Nursing Homes. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 15(12). 1292–1296. 17 indexed citations

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Cohen, Joachim, Dirk Houttekier, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, et al.. (2010). Which patients with cancer die at home in six ageing countries in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. 20. 80–80. 1 indexed citations

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Pousset, G, Johan Bilsen, Yves Benoît, et al.. (2009). Attitudes of Adolescent Cancer Survivors Toward End-of-Life Decisions for Minors. PEDIATRICS. 124(6). e1142–e1148. 54 indexed citations

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Deliëns, Luc. (1983). Ongelijke sociale distributie van de tewerkstellingskansen van ex-gedetineerden|. 4(6). 530. 3 indexed citations

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