A vivência dos profissionais da saúde frente a terminalidade de pacientes oncológicos.

Abstract

The research in question approaches the terminology of cancer patients and aims to verify and describe the possible impact of life on patients in the life of health professionals. This is a qualitative research, which used the semistructured interview to collect data. Health professionals were interviewed, two of each of the first measures being: medicine, psychology, nursing and physiotherapy. As interviews were recorded and post transcribed, being thus analyzed from the Content Analysis that takes as base of conceptualization of Bardin (1977). With the results achieved were posted to the three categories for discussion of the data. The first category "eating in relation", has four subcategories: age of the patient; identification with the patient; sense that the patient attributes the terminality; and family members. The second category, "resources and difficulties for management with the terminal patient", has two subcategories: beliefs and other resources X distances and proximities; multiprofessional work X understanding of terminality. The third category, called "relative perceptions of palliative care", has two subcategories: descriptive of palliative care; and implementation of palliative care in oncology. Therefore, it is hoped to bring benefits to the institution, aiming to foment a discussion about the terminology, as well as benefits for the participant, since the method itself is configured in order to open a space of listening without judgments, contemplating the individual, who can make a reflection on their practice.