Leen Van Brussel
Biographic Data
| ID | 313125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leen Van Brussel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leen |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Brussel |
| SIGNATURE | VAN BRUSSEL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2506-3879 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Patterns of shared meaning across personal narratives surrounding experiences with palliative care, serious illness, and the end of life
Public Awareness Campaigns on Palliative Care
Public awareness campaigns on palliative care aim to tackle limited public knowledge and negative perceptions of palliative care. However, little is known about their public reception. This study examined how existing campaigns are interpreted, evaluated, and engaged with by members of the general public. Three public campaigns, launched in Flanders or the Netherlands between 2020 and 2023, were discussed in 10 focus groups (total of 65 participa…
Integrating health promotion and palliative care
Background: Growing evidence shows that using a health promotion approach in palliative care can have a positive impact on health outcomes in patients, their families and communities, yet, the relevance and importance of stimulating health and well-being in the context of serious illness and the end of life is often still not understood or recognized. Objectives: With this workshop we aim to 1) provide more knowledge on the integrated approach of…
Putting proportionate universalism into practice
Proportionate universalism is a well-know strategy in the effort of reducing social health inequalities. It refers to the resourcing and delivering of universal services and interventions at a scale and intensity proportionate to the degree of the need of the target group. However, putting the principle of proportionate universalism into practice, is highly challenging. Applying proportionate universalism demands for a systematic thinking exercis…
The Online Representation of Palliative Care by Practice, Policy, and Advocacy Organizations
Negative beliefs and a lack of clarity surrounding the meaning of palliative care have been widely reported as obstacles to its uptake. Information available to the public possibly contributes to this. A descriptive and discourse-theoretical analysis was conducted of information spread online by palliative care policy, advocacy, and practice organizations. Discrepancies were found in the way palliative care was defined in relation to curative, en…
Communication and Discourse Theory
The right to die
While a tradition of cross-fertilization between media studies and discourse theory has sprung up over the last decades, audience reception studies have remained outside the scope of discourse-theoretical media scholars. This article fills that gap and asserts that combining the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe (further developed by the Essex School) with reception studies provides a valuable and original approach that enhances scholars’ und…
Media Coverage of Medical Decision Making at the End of Life
This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision making. The authors examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, they found an overreporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes resulting from cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and an attention to political discussions and political voices, which outnumber patient voices. In genre…
On the contingency of death
Death is frequently seen as the ultimate manifestation of materiality. Without denying this materiality, this article will investigate the discursive character of death and its contingent nature, through the lens of Laclau and Mouffe's [(1985). Hegemony and social strategy: Towards a radical democratic politics. London: Verso] discourse theory. First, the core elements of the (Western) discourse of death, such as end/cessation/termination, negati…
The discursive construction of the good death and the dying person
The concept of a good death is central to contemporary discourses on death and dying; it is also frequently used in contexts of end-of-life decision-making. We argue that in and through the medical-revivalist discourse, which challenges the idea that curative treatment is necessary beneficial and constructs death as something familiar, a good death is discursively organised around two nodal clusters: control, autonomy and dignity, and awareness a…
On the contingency of death
Death is frequently seen as the ultimate manifestation of materiality. Without denying this materiality, this article will investigate the discursive character of death and its contingent nature, through the lens of Laclau and Mouffe's [(1985). Hegemony and social strategy: Towards a radical democratic politics. London: Verso] discourse theory. First, the core elements of the (Western) discourse of death, such as end/cessation/termination, negati…
The discursive construction of the good death and the dying person
The concept of a good death is central to contemporary discourses on death and dying; it is also frequently used in contexts of end-of-life decision-making. We argue that in and through the medical-revivalist discourse, which challenges the idea that curative treatment is necessary beneficial and constructs death as something familiar, a good death is discursively organised around two nodal clusters: control, autonomy and dignity, and awareness a…
Media Coverage of Medical Decision Making at the End of Life
This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision making. The authors examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, they found an overreporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes resulting from cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and an attention to political discussions and political voices, which outnumber patient voices. In genre…
The right to die
While a tradition of cross-fertilization between media studies and discourse theory has sprung up over the last decades, audience reception studies have remained outside the scope of discourse-theoretical media scholars. This article fills that gap and asserts that combining the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe (further developed by the Essex School) with reception studies provides a valuable and original approach that enhances scholars’ und…
Patterns of shared meaning across personal narratives surrounding experiences with palliative care, serious illness, and the end of life
On the contingency of death
Death is frequently seen as the ultimate manifestation of materiality. Without denying this materiality, this article will investigate the discursive character of death and its contingent nature, through the lens of Laclau and Mouffe's [(1985). Hegemony and social strategy: Towards a radical democratic politics. London: Verso] discourse theory. First, the core elements of the (Western) discourse of death, such as end/cessation/termination, negati…
The discursive construction of the good death and the dying person
The concept of a good death is central to contemporary discourses on death and dying; it is also frequently used in contexts of end-of-life decision-making. We argue that in and through the medical-revivalist discourse, which challenges the idea that curative treatment is necessary beneficial and constructs death as something familiar, a good death is discursively organised around two nodal clusters: control, autonomy and dignity, and awareness a…
Media Coverage of Medical Decision Making at the End of Life
This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision making. The authors examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, they found an overreporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes resulting from cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and an attention to political discussions and political voices, which outnumber patient voices. In genre…
The right to die
While a tradition of cross-fertilization between media studies and discourse theory has sprung up over the last decades, audience reception studies have remained outside the scope of discourse-theoretical media scholars. This article fills that gap and asserts that combining the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe (further developed by the Essex School) with reception studies provides a valuable and original approach that enhances scholars’ und…
Communication and Discourse Theory
The Online Representation of Palliative Care by Practice, Policy, and Advocacy Organizations
Negative beliefs and a lack of clarity surrounding the meaning of palliative care have been widely reported as obstacles to its uptake. Information available to the public possibly contributes to this. A descriptive and discourse-theoretical analysis was conducted of information spread online by palliative care policy, advocacy, and practice organizations. Discrepancies were found in the way palliative care was defined in relation to curative, en…
Integrating health promotion and palliative care
Background: Growing evidence shows that using a health promotion approach in palliative care can have a positive impact on health outcomes in patients, their families and communities, yet, the relevance and importance of stimulating health and well-being in the context of serious illness and the end of life is often still not understood or recognized. Objectives: With this workshop we aim to 1) provide more knowledge on the integrated approach of…
Putting proportionate universalism into practice
Proportionate universalism is a well-know strategy in the effort of reducing social health inequalities. It refers to the resourcing and delivering of universal services and interventions at a scale and intensity proportionate to the degree of the need of the target group. However, putting the principle of proportionate universalism into practice, is highly challenging. Applying proportionate universalism demands for a systematic thinking exercis…
Patterns of shared meaning across personal narratives surrounding experiences with palliative care, serious illness, and the end of life
Public Awareness Campaigns on Palliative Care
Public awareness campaigns on palliative care aim to tackle limited public knowledge and negative perceptions of palliative care. However, little is known about their public reception. This study examined how existing campaigns are interpreted, evaluated, and engaged with by members of the general public. Three public campaigns, launched in Flanders or the Netherlands between 2020 and 2023, were discussed in 10 focus groups (total of 65 participa…
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 works) · Palliative care (4 works)