Publications

Co-creation:

1. Exploring resonance theory and uncontrollability during co-creative art making: A qualitative study among cancer patients. Weeseman Y, Scherer-Rath M, Christophe N, Dörr H, Helmich E, Sprangers MAG, van Poecke N, van Laarhoven HWM. Cancer Med. 2024 Apr;13(7):e7044. doi: 10.1002/cam4.7044. PMID: 38545808 Free PMC article.

2. The expression of ultimate life goals in co-creative art processes with palliative cancer patients. Weeseman Y, Scherer-Rath M, Christophe N, Dörr H, Helmich E, Sprangers MAG, van Poecke N, van Laarhoven HWM. BMC Palliat Care. 2023 Nov 2;22(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s12904-023-01294-2. PMID: 37919685 Free PMC article.

3. Co-creative art processes with cancer patients from the artists’ perspective: a qualitative study exploring resonance theory. Weeseman Y, Scherer-Rath M, Christophe N, Dörr H, Helmich E, Sprangers MAG, van Poecke N, van Laarhoven HWM. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Apr 20;31(5):287. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-07744-0. PMID: 37079143 Free PMC article.

4. Co-creative art processes with patients: A theoretical framework and qualitative study among artists. Weeseman Y, Scherer-Rath M, Christophe N, Dörr H, Bood ZM, Sprangers MAG, Helmich E, van Laarhoven HWM. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 7;17(4):e0266401. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266401. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35390040 Free PMC article.

Art-Based Learning:

5. Art-Based Learning in the last stage of life: An exploratory study on how cancer patients create meaning in relation to artworks. Russel S, Westerhof G, Scherer-Rath M, Camuti F, Kamstra S, Bood ZM, van Poecke N, Lutters J, van Laarhoven HW. Palliat Med. 2023 Sep;37(8):1280-1282. doi: 10.1177/02692163231180655. Epub 2023 Jun 15. PMID: 37318210 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Rich Pictures:

6. This is what life with cancer looks like: exploring experiences of adolescent and young adults with cancer using two visual approaches. Bood ZM, van Liemt F, Sprangers MAG, Kobes A, Weeseman Y, Scherer-Rath M, Tromp JM, van Laarhoven HWM, Helmich E. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Apr;30(4):3353-3361. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06775-9. Epub 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 34988705 Free PMC article.

7. Repeated use of rich pictures to explore changes in subjective experiences over time of patients with advanced cancer. Bood ZM, Scherer-Rath M, Sprangers MAG, Timmermans L, van Wolde E, Cristancho SM, Heyning F, Russel S, van Laarhoven HWM, Helmich E. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 Jan;5(1):e1428. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1428. Epub 2021 Jul 26. PMID: 34313027 Free PMC article.

8. Living with advanced cancer: Rich Pictures as a means for health care providers to explore the experiences of advanced cancer patients. Bood ZM, Scherer-Rath M, Sprangers MAG, Timmermans L, van Wolde E, Cristancho SM, Heyning F, Russel S, van Laarhoven HWM, Helmich E. Cancer Med. 2019 Sep;8(11):4957-4966. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2342. Epub 2019 Jul 6. PMID: 31278862 Free PMC article.

Reading Stories:

9. Narrative recognition and identification: a qualitative pilot study into reading literary texts with advanced cancer patients. Kamp A, Bood Z, Scherer-Rath M, Weeseman Y, Christophe N, Dörr H, Sanders J, Sprangers M, Helmich E, Timmermans L, van Wolde E, van Laarhoven HWM. J Cancer Surviv. 2022 Jun;16(3):531-541. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01048-0. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34129212 Free PMC article.

Spiritual Care:

10. Images of God and attitudes towards death in relation to spiritual wellbeing: an exploratory side study of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 validation study in palliative cancer patients. Kruizinga R, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman JBAM, Weterman M, Young T, van Laarhoven HWM. BMC Palliat Care. 2017 Dec 8;16(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12904-017-0251-7. PMID: 29216857 Free PMC article.

11. Toward a Fully Fledged Integration of Spiritual Care and Medical Care.  Kruizinga R, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman HJBAM, Puchalski CM, van Laarhoven HHWM. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Mar;55(3):1035-1040. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.11.015. Epub 2017 Nov 21. PMID: 29169995

12. Professional identity at stake: a phenomenological analysis of spiritual counselors’ experiences working with a structured model to provide care to palliative cancer patients. Kruizinga R, Helmich E, Schilderman JB, Scherer-Rath M, van Laarhoven HW. Support Care Cancer. 2016 Jul;24(7):3111-8. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3115-4. Epub 2016 Feb 26. PMID: 26917229 Free PMC article.

13. The effect of spiritual interventions addressing existential themes using a narrative approach on quality of life of cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Kruizinga R, Hartog ID, Jacobs M, Daams JG, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman JB, Sprangers MA, Van Laarhoven HW. Psychooncology. 2016 Mar;25(3):253-65. doi: 10.1002/pon.3910. Epub 2015 Aug 10. PMID: 26257308 Review.

Contingency & Narrative Meaning-Making:

14. An assisted structured reflection on life events and life goals in advanced cancer patients: Outcomes of a randomized controlled trial (Life InSight Application (LISA) study). Kruizinga R, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman JB, Hartog ID, Van Der Loos JP, Kotzé HP, Westermann AM, Klümpen HJ, Kortekaas F, Grootscholten C, Bossink F, Schrama J, Van De Vrande W, Schrama NA, Blokland W, De Vos FY, Kuin A, Meijer WG, Van Oijen MG, Sprangers MA, Van Laarhoven HW.Palliat Med. 2019 Feb;33(2):221-231. doi: 10.1177/0269216318816005. Epub 2018 Dec 5. PMID: 30516096 Free PMC article.

15. Relating to the Experience of Contingency in Patients With Advanced Cancer: An Interview Study in U.S. Patients. Kruizinga R, Jafari N, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman H, Bires J, Puchalski C, van Laarhoven H. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Mar;55(3):913-921. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.11.007. Epub 2018 Feb 4. PMID: 29154890.

16. Narrative meaning making and integration: Toward a better understanding of the way falling ill influences quality of life. Hartog I, Scherer-Rath M, Kruizinga R, Netjes J, Henriques J, Nieuwkerk P, Sprangers M, van Laarhoven H. J Health Psychol. 2020 May;25(6):738-754. doi: 10.1177/1359105317731823. Epub 2017 Sep 26. PMID: 28948830 Free PMC article.

17. Modes of relating to contingency: An exploration of experiences in advanced cancer patients-ERRATUM. Kruizinga R, Hartog ID, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman H, Van Laarhoven H. Palliat Support Care. 2017 Dec;15(6):755. doi: 10.1017/S1478951517000049. Epub 2017 Feb 20. PMID: 28215184 No abstract available.

18. Modes of relating to contingency: An exploration of experiences in advanced cancer patients. Kruizinga R, Hartog ID, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman H, Van Laarhoven H. Palliat Support Care. 2017 Aug;15(4):444-453. doi: 10.1017/S1478951516000936. Epub 2016 Dec 20. PMID: 27995821 Clinical Trial.

19. The life in sight application study (LISA): design of a randomized controlled trial to assess the role of an assisted structured reflection on life events and ultimate life goals to improve quality of life of cancer patients. Kruizinga R, Scherer-Rath M, Schilderman JB, Sprangers MA, Van Laarhoven HW. BMC Cancer. 2013 Jul 26;13:360. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-360. PMID: 23889978 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

20. Reconstructing Disruptive Life-Events Using the RE-LIFE Questionnaire: Further Validation of the ‘Narrative Meaning Making of Life Events’ Model Using Multiple Mediation Analysis.   Hartog I, Scherer-Rath M, Oreel T, Netjes J, Henriques J, Lemkes J, Vonk A, Sprangers MA, Nieuwkerk P, Van Laarhoven HW. Journal of Empirical Theology. 2019 Nov 11; 32(2):251-80. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15709256-12341394.

21. Shattered worlds and new possibilities: How narrative integration of contingent life events influences people’s quality of life. Hartog I. Doctoral dissertation, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 2021.