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  1. Achieving teacher agency for inclusive education: an exploration of general education teachers’ perspective

    Article • International Journal of Inclusive Education, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Luca Ghirotto

  2. Exploring therapeutic interventions for functional neurological disorders: a comprehensive scoping review

    Article • Journal of Neurology, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  3. Individual differences in learning agility at work: A mixed methods study to develop and validate a new scale

    Article • Human Resource Development Quarterly, May 2024, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  4. General practitioners' decision making managing uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women: a qualitative study

    Article • BJGP Open, February 2024, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Luca Ghirotto

  5. Defining a balance by compromising with fear: A grounded theory study on returning to eating after a total gastrectomy

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, January 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  6. “Somewhere Between an Actual Disease and a Disease”: A Grounded Theory Study on Diagnosing Functional Neurological Disorders From a Multi-Informant Perspective

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, November 2023, SAGE Publications

    Luca Ghirotto

  7. Caregivers' burden and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: A systematic review of qualitative studies

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, November 2023, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  8. Patient-reported outcome measure to implement routine assessment of cancer survivors’ unmet needs: An overview of reviews and COSMIN analysis

    Article • Cancer Treatment Reviews, November 2023, Elsevier

    Luca Ghirotto

  9. User appraisal of a booklet for advance care planning in multiple sclerosis: a multicenter, qualitative Italian study

    Article • Neurological Sciences, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  10. The patient involvement in nursing education: A mixed-methods systematic review

    Article • Nurse Education Today, September 2023, Elsevier

    Luca Ghirotto

  11. Surviving cancer following total laryngectomy: a phenomenological study

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  12. Insights into Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions and Attitudes toward Nanotechnological Device Application: What Is the Current Situation in Glioblastoma Research?

    Article • Biomedicines, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Luca Ghirotto

  13. A qualitative study with Italian patients exploring the spiritual dimension during a chronic disease

    Article • Chronic Illness, May 2023, SAGE Publications

    Luca Ghirotto

  14. ‘Now I can train myself to be with death’: a phenomenological study with young doctors in care homes supported by a palliative care unit during the second wave of the pandemic in Italy

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2023, BMJ

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  15. Hospice Patients’ End-of-Life Dreams and Visions: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

    Article • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  16. Evaluating a clinical ethics committee (CEC) implementation process in an oncological research hospital: protocol for a process evaluation study using normalisation process theory (EvaCEC)

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2023, BMJ

    Luca Ghirotto

  17. “Experiential training course on spirituality for multidisciplinary palliative care teams in a hospital setting: a mixed-method evaluation”

    Article • March 2023, Research Square

    Luca Ghirotto

  18. Improving the experience of patients living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

    Article • European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, February 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Luca Ghirotto

  19. A Scoping Review on Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education: Mapping Existing Evidence and Conceptual Frameworks

    Article • Form re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, December 2022, Firenze University Press

    Luca Ghirotto

  20. Being a technician during COVID-19: a qualitative cross-sectional survey on the experiences of clinical neurophysiology technicians

    Article • Neurological Sciences, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  21. Research, education, ethics consultation: evaluating a Bioethics Unit in an Oncological Research Hospital

    Article • BMC Medical Ethics, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  22. I programmi a sostegno della transizione al lavoro di giovani con disabilità intellettiva: una integrative review

    Article • EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY, December 2022, Franco Angeli

    Luca Ghirotto

  23. Negotiating the Beginning of Care: A Grounded Theory Study of Health Services for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Article • Brain Sciences, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Luca Ghirotto

  24. How parents and health professionals experience prematurity in an Italian neonatal intensive care: A grounded theory study

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Nursing, November 2022, Elsevier

    Luca Ghirotto

  25. Italian health professionals on the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine: An online cross-sectional survey

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, October 2022, Frontiers

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  26. Dignity Therapy Training for the Healthcare Professionals: Lessons Learned From an Italian Experience

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, July 2022, Frontiers

    Luca Ghirotto

  27. Needs and Perceptions of Patients With Dystonia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Framework Analysis of Survey Responses From Italy

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, June 2022, Frontiers

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  28. A realist synthesis of staff-based primary health care interventions addressing universal health coverage

    Article • Journal of Global Health, May 2022, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Luca Ghirotto

  29. Adaptation of the Core Set for Vocational Rehabilitation for Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Consensus-Based Study

    Article • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Luca Ghirotto

  30. Behavioral Patterns in Breaking Bad News Communication: An Ethnographic Study with Hematologists

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Luca Ghirotto

  31. Nursing students’ clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study

    Article • Nurse Education in Practice, February 2022, Elsevier

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  32. The experience of patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

    Article • European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Luca Ghirotto

  33. Beyond Quantitative Research: How Qualitative Research Could Affect Our Understanding of Older People Needs

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  34. Nurses’ perspectives on workarounds in clinical practice: A phenomenological analysis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, November 2021, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto, MONICA BIANCHI

  35. Construction of a resource for advance care planning in multiple sclerosis (ConCure-SM): Results of cognitive debriefing with users

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, October 2021, Elsevier

    Luca Ghirotto

  36. Meanings Emerging From Dignity Therapy Among Cancer Patients

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, October 2021, Elsevier

    Luca Ghirotto

  37. Health professionals and students’ experiences of reflective writing in learning: A qualitative meta-synthesis

    Article • BMC Medical Education, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  38. Relational dynamics involved in therapeutic discordance among prescribers and patients: A Grounded Theory study

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, June 2021, Elsevier

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  39. A focused ethnography in the context of a European cancer research hospital accreditation program

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  40. Caring for patients at home after acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study of family caregivers’ experiences

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, April 2021, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  41. Parkinson's disease patients' needs during the COVID‐19 pandemic in a red zone: A framework analysis of open‐ended survey questions

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, February 2021, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  42. General Practitioners' Experiences During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: A Critical Incident Technique Study

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, February 2021, Frontiers

    Luca Ghirotto

  43. “Achieve the best while rushing against time”: A grounded theory study on caring for low-income immigrant cancer patients at end of life

    Article • Palliative Medicine, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Luca Ghirotto

  44. ‘Too late or too soon’: The ethics of advance care planning in dementia setting

    Article • Bioethics, December 2020, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  45. “Tutor and student dyadic interactions in relation to Interprofessional education and clinical care: A constructivist grounded theory study”

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, November 2020, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto, MONICA BIANCHI

  46. Knowledge, Opinion, and Attitude About the Italian Law on Advance Directives: A Population-Based Survey

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, November 2020, Elsevier

    Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Luca Ghirotto

  47. “Challenging Professional Boundaries”: A Grounded Theory Study of Health Professionals’ First Experiences of End-of-Life Care in Hospital

    Article • OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, September 2020, SAGE Publications

    Luca Ghirotto

  48. Continuity of care and chronicity in medical student’s education: ‘adopt’ a chronic patient

    Article • Education for Primary Care, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Luca Ghirotto

  49. Health professionals learning qualitative research in their workplace: a focused ethnography

    Article • BMC Medical Education, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  50. Dermatological diseases, sexuality and intimate relationships: a qualitative metasynthesis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, June 2020, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  51. Caregivers of Patients with Hematological Malignancies within Home Care: A Phenomenological Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Luca Ghirotto

  52. Early palliative care versus standard care in haematologic cancer patients at their last active treatment: study protocol of a feasibility trial

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Luca Ghirotto

  53. A meta-synthesis study of the key elements involved in childhood vaccine hesitancy

    Article • Public Health, March 2020, Elsevier

    Matías Eduardo Díaz Crescitelli, Luca Ghirotto

  54. Reply to Kohei Kajiwara, Jun Kako, Hiroko Noto, Yasufumi Oosono, and Masamitsu Kobayashi

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  55. Clinical ethics consultation among Italian ethics committee: A mixed method study

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2019, PLOS

    Ludovica De Panfilis, Luca Ghirotto

  56. Correction to: providing care to a family member affected by head and neck cancer: a phenomenological study

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  57. The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children’s Rights

    Article • October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Luca Ghirotto

  58. Palliative care training addressed to hospital healthcare professionals by palliative care specialists: a mixed-method evaluation

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Silvio Cavuto, Luca Ghirotto

  59. Palliative care in the emergency department as seen by providers and users: a qualitative study

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  60. “I go into crisis when …”: ethics of care and moral dilemmas in palliative care

    Article • BMC Palliative Care, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  61. Providing care to a family member affected by head and neck cancer: a phenomenological study

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  62. Undergoing head and neck cancer surgery: A grounded theory

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, April 2019, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto, stefania costi

  63. The experience of dysgeusia in allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation survivors: a qualitative study

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  64. What a picture can tell you about surviving breast cancer

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, March 2019, Elsevier

    Luca Ghirotto

  65. The Point of View of Undergraduate Health Students on Interprofessional Collaboration: A Thematic Analysis

    Article • SAGE Open Nursing, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Luca Ghirotto, MONICA BIANCHI

  66. Listening to the voice of patients with head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, October 2018, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto

  67. CN60The experience of dysgeusia in allogenic hematopoietic cell transplantation survivors: A qualitative study

    Article • Annals of Oncology, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Luca Ghirotto

  68. CN30Laryngectomized patients caregivers’ life experience: A phenomenological study

    Article • Annals of Oncology, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Luca Ghirotto

  69. The qualitative research conducted with children in pediatric palliative care

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, May 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Luca Ghirotto

  70. The experience and the meanings of people with chronic pulmonary disease

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Milko P Zanini , Luca Ghirotto, Prof. Annamaria Bagnasco

  71. Pathologist’s assistant (PathA) and his/her role in the surgical pathology department: a systematic review and a narrative synthesis

    Article • Virchows Archiv, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ghirotto

  72. Clinical Ethics Consultation and Research Ethics Consultation: A Call for Italy

    Article • The American Journal of Bioethics, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Luca Ghirotto

  73. Caring for Older People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a Grounded Theory Study

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Luca Ghirotto

  74. Commentary on Cleary, M., Horsfall, J. and Hayter, M. (2014), Data collection and sampling in qualitative research: does size matter? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70:473-475.

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, October 2014, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto, Prof. Annamaria Bagnasco

  75. Theoretical sampling

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, June 2014, Wiley

    Luca Ghirotto, Prof. Annamaria Bagnasco

  76. Being part, being involved: the adult's role and child participation in an early childhood learning context

    Article • International Journal of Early Years Education, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Luca Ghirotto