Multiprofessional assistance and fragmented perception of the principles of palliative care
International Journal of Development Research
Multiprofessional assistance and fragmented perception of the principles of palliative care
Received 13th August, 2019; Received in revised form 11th September, 2019; Accepted 06th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Johnata da Cruz Matos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to describe and analyze the perception of the multidisciplinary team about the principles that guide palliative care. Method: ethnographic study with qualitative analysis performed with 36 professionals who work in palliative care. Data collection consisted of recorded interviews, guided by a semistructured script and with the help of a field diary. The interviews were analyzed according to the technique of collective subject discourse where the statements present a group idea. Results: from the analysis of the data emerged categories that refer to the daily life of the palliative practice and show a care that is often centralized in the physical-biological dimension of the patient, subduing other important dimensions such as social, psychological, family and spiritual. Conclusion: the need for a preparation regarding the domain of technical knowledge and the understanding of the meaning of palliative care was verified, as well as a preparation focused on the emotional aspects of the professionals.
