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- Title
EXISTÊNCIA HUMANA E DESAFIOS ÉTICOS NO CUIDADO AO PACIENTE À ESPERA DE TRANSPLANTE HEPÀTICO.
- Authors
Freire de Aguiar, Maria Isis; Ribeiro Mariano, Monaliza; Verlaine Oliveira, Rui; Augusta Batista, Violante
- Abstract
Objective: to promote reflections on human existence with a focus on patient care waiting for liver transplant and his ethical-moral challenges. Method: theoretical and reflective study based on a review of the literature, from the discipline "philosophy of science", the doctoral course in nursing, of the Federal University of Ceará/UFC, which relates the human existence and the ethical context in the care of the patient who requires liver transplantation. Results: the waiting period for liver transplantation is complex process, with physical, mental and emotional repercussions, in which the patient, fragile in its existence, requires special attention. Among the ethical issues, include the rejection familiar to donation, transplant and the heavy use of hard technologies. Conclusion: the nurse needs to reflect on the ethical issues that pertain to the care to patients and rethink its practice, seeking to offer humanized assistance and facilitation of health.
- Subjects
LIVER transplantation; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; PATIENT-family relations; MEDICAL technology; NURSE-patient relationships; NURSING practice; NURSING ethics; PHILOSOPHY; REFLECTION (Philosophy); SUFFERING; ETHICS; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 11, p6533
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.3794-32322-1-ED.0711201328