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Maastricht University (UM) has given Stichting Mens Achter de Patiënt (MAP) permission to use the knowledge acquired in a pilot project at the university to continue developing the foundation independently.

Dagelijks gebruik van een lage dosis morfinetabletten door patiënten met een ernstige vorm van de longziekte COPD heeft een positief effect op hun kwaliteit van leven. Bovendien treden er geen negatieve bijwerkingen op. Dat blijkt uit een recente studie van Cindy van den Berg-Verberkt en dr. Daisy...

No less than 80 per cent of patients who are prone to psychosis are left out of clinical studies on the effectiveness of antipsychotics. These drug studies apply strict exclusion criteria, which means that only the least ill patients participate, such as those who are susceptible to psychosis, but who...

High-intensity interval training is an effective treatment method for patients with chronic lung disease (MUMC+ news, PhD conferral Emmylou Beekman).

CAPHRI PhD candidate Laura Vriese (PHPC) studies how to support Shared Decision-Making (SDM) for patients with limited health literacy and multimorbidity.

Nienke Verstegen, onderzoeker bij De Forensische Zorgspecialisten, heeft onderzoek gedaan naar agressie binnen de forensische zorg en impact hiervan op patiënten en medewerkers. Op 6 juli 2023 promoveert zij aan de Maastricht University met haar proefschrift ‘ Hurt people hurt people. Characteristics...

The treatment options available to ventilated patients in Dutch intensive care units needs improving. This was the conclusion drawn by intensive care physician Jan Scholte in his dissertation for which he hopes to obtain his doctoral degree on 28 January at Maastricht University.

Patients suffering from Parkinson's disease showed no deficits in their ability to recognise emotions, while this ability was expected to be compromised.

On 14 March, our speakers are Prof. Başak Çalı ( Hertie School, Oxford University) and Prof. Laurence R. Helfer ( Duke University, University of Copenhagen) - Title: Rethinking Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals

General practitioners rarely record alcohol abuse in a patient's medical records. 'This is because many GPs fail to identify alcohol abuse in patients,' says PhD candidate Latifa Abidi from Maastricht University (UM).