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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería

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Abstract

GOMIDE MOCHEL, Elba; BATISTA GURGE, Wildoberto; GOMIDE MOCHEL, Anna  and  COSTA FARIAS, Áurea Mariana. Analysis of the training in thanatology of nursing students from the Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2011, vol.29, n.2, pp.230-237. ISSN 0120-5307.

Objective. To evaluate the training nursing students are receiving in topics related to the application of humanized assistance principles, and guarantee the dignity of dying people. Methodology. Qualitative research with document (Pedagogical project of the class and subject’s curriculums) and exploratory (Nursing students’ participant observation and analysis of their journals with experiences towards death) analysis. Information was collected from 2008 to 2009. Results. Thanatological training is focused on theoretical contents and is not adequately systematized, what could lead to superstitious practices from the students. Conclusion. bThanatology training given to nursing students is not enough and needs to be improved in its theoretical and practical components.

Keywords : nursing; death; human resources formation; thanatology.

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