"Os que ficam" : a percepção dos profissionais de saúde sobre o ato de medicar pessoas que vivenciam situações de morte.

Abstract

It is seen the growth of using medications to treat, prevent, temporarily allay and even cure the diversity of physical and biological problems considered to be “of the body”. Having it into account, this study had as its objective to analyze and get to know the perception of health professionals who face the need of medicating people who experience death situations. The methodology used for the sutdy was qualitative research with nine Psychology, Nursing and Psychiatry professionals. The participants were selected by the non-probality sampling technique, and the gathering of data was made through semi-structured interviews. Analysis Content Research Method was used for verification, treatment and interpretation of social phenomena. As result and discussion, the following categories were identified: “Medicating symptoms and signs to the subject funcionality”, “Medication as suffering relief” and “Grief as a process and not as a pathology”.