Mélanie Vachon

Dr. Mélanie Vachon is a palliative care psychologist. She obtained a PhD in Psychology from Université de Montréal and completed a postdoc at McGill University. She is now a professor in the Department of Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal and a member of CRISE. Her research interests focus primarily on the palliative care experiences of patients, family members and health professionals. She has an expertise in qualitative research in the context of health care. Her research is funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – société et culture, the Fonds québécois de recherche en santé, and the Canada Institutes of Health Research. She is recognized as one of the 50 young researches to meet one of the most important scientific challenges in the next 50 years: supporting patients during end of life. Professor, researcher, psychologist and activist, Dr. Vachon is actively involved in formulating public policy, knowledge transfer and training health professionals.
Deborah Ummel and Mélanie Vachon. (2022). Perdre un être cher en contexte de COVID-19 : le deuil pandémique comme expérience de deuil désaffranchi ?. 33: (1) pp. [xx-xx].
DétailsMélanie Vachon and Deborah Ummel and Adèle Bourget-Godbout and Alexandra Guité-Verret and Philippe Laperle. (2020). Le projet j'accompagne: Panser et repenser la fin de vie et le deuil à l’heure de la pandémie de COVID-19. 20: Les Cahiers francophones de soins palliatifs: (1) pp. 1-11.
DétailsMélanie Vachon. (2013). À défaut de soulager la souffrance, hâter la mort. Le projet de loi québécois sur l’euthanasie est-il prématuré ?. 7: Psycho-oncologie: (3) pp. 182-188.
DétailsMélanie Vachon. (2013). Quebec proposition of Medical Aid in Dying: A palliative care perspective. 36: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry: (5-6) pp. 532-539.
DétailsThèmes d'intérêt
Subject 1 : Euthanasie