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0536/2013 - Palliative care: Communication as strategy of care for the patient in terminal phase.
Cuidados paliativos: A comunicação como estratégia de cuidado para o paciente em fase terminal.

Author:

• Cristiani Garrido de Andrade - Andrade, C.G. - João Pessoa, Paraíba - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <cristiani_garrido@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa - Costa, S. F. G. da - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <solangefgc@gmail.com>
• Maria Emília Limeira Lopes - Lopes, M.E.L. - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <mlimeiralopes@yahoo.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

The palliative care comprehend an assistance approach for the patient without possibilities of cure and their family, with the objective of provide them a better quality of life, essentiallya good communication, especially in the field of care for the terminal patient. The study had as objective to verify how nurses utilize the communication, in the ambit of palliative care, when assisting the patient in terminal phase. This is an exploratory research, of qualitative nature, in which participated 28 nurses working in internment units of a hospital in the city of Joao Pessoa – PB, in the periodAugust to October 2012. For data collection was utilized a form. The data were analyzed through the technique of content analysis. From the analysis of the material, emerged three categories: “palliative care and communication – interpersonal relation of the nurse with the terminal patient”; “communication in palliative care as a strategy for the straightening the bond between the nurse and terminal patient”; and “importance of communication between the nurse and the family of the terminal patient under palliative care”. It is concluded that the communication is configured as an effective element with the care with the patient in terminal phase and it is extremely important for the promotion of palliative care.

Keywords:

CommunicationPalliative careNursing

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Andrade, C.G., Costa, S. F. G. da, Lopes, M.E.L.. Palliative care: Communication as strategy of care for the patient in terminal phase.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/May). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/palliative-care-communication-as-strategy-of-care-for-the-patient-in-terminal-phase/13063



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