Carlos Laranjeira is currently a Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre at the University of Evora and the Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. He is also a Professor of Nursing at the School of Health Sciences at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal. His research interest is in the areas of gender, mental health, phenomenology, chronic illness, and the transition processes.