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Abstract

SCHAFER VASQUES, Tania Cristina et al. Interrelations in dying process in the hospital: family caregiver's perspective. av.enferm. [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.3, pp.266-274. ISSN 0121-4500.  https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v35n3.62825.

Objective:

To understand how family caregivers perceive their interrelation with members of nursing team and their ill family member in dying process.

Methodology:

This is a qualitative study, conducted in a university hospital from southern Brazil between March and June 2016. It was based on the Leiningerʼs methodology and the Morin’s theory. Twenty-four family caregivers of individuals who were hospitalized and in dying process participated in our study. Observations, interviews and contextual analysis of data collected were carried out.

Results:

Two categories emerged based on data analysis: Weaknesses perceived by family caregivers in their interrelations, with a focus on breakdowns in these relations; and Potentialities in the interrelational process of family caregiver, with a focus on potentialities of family caregivers to provide a better quality of life to ill individuals.

Conclusion:

Family caregivers of this study demonstrated the need to build potentialities, looking for ways to reorganize, in order to cope with dying process, which demands both physical and mental weariness.

Keywords : Death; Terminally Ill; Nursing; Interrelation; Family (source: decs, bireme).

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