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Persona y Bioética
Print version ISSN 0123-3122
Abstract
SIQUEIRA PERBONI, Jéssica; ZILLI, Francielly and GRIEBELER OLIVEIRA, Stefanie. Health professionals and the patient death and die process: an integrating review. pers.bioét. [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.2, pp.288-302. ISSN 0123-3122. https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2018.22.2.7.
Objective:
To know the scientific production on the relationship between the health professionals and patient’s death.
Methodology:
Integrative literature review using analysis through thematic proximity.
Results:
Four categories were elaborated: Unprepared health professionals to deal with death; Challenges to deal with the process of dying and death in different scenarios; Types of death and their interpretations and Health professionals and their aspects on dealing with death.
Conclutions:
Health professionals are unprepared to deal with the end of life process, beyond that, they feel a lack of attention to the theme, especially relating to coping strategies.
Keywords : Health personnel; physicians; nursing, team; death; die; thanatology.