Difficult situations and feelings in palliative oncology care
The act of caring for people in pain, shortness of breath, and imminent death on a daily basis can intensify difficult situations for health professionals. However, difficult situations are rarely discussed in the services and in the professional training process. This study aimed to analyze difficult situations and feelings that emerge from healthcare. This is a phenomenological and qualitative study based on 30 difficult situations of health professionals who work exclusively in palliative oncological care. The interviews were conducted from August to February 2020. The results show that the main difficulties were motivated by identification (when the professional recognizes similarities in the patient they are caring for), a bad death (with suffering), caring for young patients, the death of a mother with a small child, and when there was a divergence between what the professional proposed and the patient's choice. There was a relationship between types of difficult situations and professional category. The professionals expressed both unpleasant feelings (sadness, impotence, anguish, fear) and pleasant feelings (compassion, gratitude). The results show that the concealment of the dying process throughout the societies' development turned it into a taboo, causing distress even in those who work in palliative care. They also show an important subjective dimension of care, usually neglected, which generates suffering, but also resignification. To properly provide care, health professionals must find meaning in the work, made possible by the modification of the their internal mindset via experience, which generates transformation, new meaning, and knowledge from praxis.
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2024 |
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2024 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40 |
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Cadernos de saude publica - 40(2024), 1 vom: 31., Seite e00116823 |
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Portugiesisch |
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| Weiterer Titel: |
Situações difíceis e sentimentos no cuidado paliativo oncológico |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Beserra, Vanessa Dos Santos [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 19.02.2024 Date Revised 21.02.2024 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1590/0102-311XPT116823 |
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