Sarah Mroz

Sarah Mroz is an unpaid employee at the End-of-Life Care Research Group and Family Medicine and Chronic Care department at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium. Her research focuses on end-of-life decision making, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and palliative care, with strong emphasis on understanding how physicians' personal end-of-life preferences influence their clinical practice.

Dr. Mroz's research interests include:

• Euthanasia and assisted suicide legislation (98-100% research focus)
• Physicians' personal end-of-life preferences
• The relationship between personal preferences and clinical practice
• International comparisons across Europe, North America, and Australia
• Shifting from medicalized to social perspectives in palliative care

Her recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a cohesive research program examining physicians' perspectives on end-of-life decisions through both quantitative and qualitative methods. These works consistently address cross-cultural differences in end-of-life care approaches and ethical considerations.

Key scientific contributions:

• AIIFUND95 international project on physicians' end-of-life decision preferences (2022-2023)
• PROPEL International Multi-Method Study dataset
• PhD thesis synthesizing international research on physician preferences (2025)

Dr. Mroz completed her PhD in 2025 and has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals including Palliative Medicine and Journal of Medical Ethics. Her work has gained significant attention from news outlets, academic bloggers, and social media, indicating growing influence in the field of medical ethics and end-of-life care research.