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- Title
Meaning of the process of dying and death for multiprofessional staff.
- Authors
Guimarães Carvalho Barbosa, Alessandra; Massaroni, Leila; de Fátima Almeida Lima, Eliane
- Abstract
Objective: this study aimed to describe the meanings that a multidisciplinary team at Intensive Care Unit Adult holds about the process of dying and death. Method: The research was qualitative, conducted through semi-structured interviews with 21 health professionals. The results were analyzed in grounded thematic content analysis, which resulted in the following categories: non-scientific view of death and dying, and scientific view of death and dying. Results: Meanings about death were evidenced as a natural process, a step to fulfill a physiological event and extinction. Conclusion: It is important to know the meanings that these professionals have about these events for discussions and reflections that help the healthcare team to live with death and dying.
- Subjects
CONTENT analysis; CRITICAL care medicine; DEATH; GROUNDED theory; HEALTH care teams; INTENSIVE care units; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; ATTITUDES toward death; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 2, p4510
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4510-4517