Orthotanasia and dignified death in cancer patients: The perception of health professionals.
Objective: to analyze the perception about dignified death and orthothanasia in the view of health professionals who provide curative and palliative care in oncology. Method: this is a research with exploratory, qualitative approach. Saturation criteria included the participation of eight health pro...
| Publicado en: | Psicooncologia Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 143 - 161 |
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=135851414&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 135851414 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16967240 3MVH jtl: Psicooncologia issn: 16967240 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2019 vid: 16 iid: 1 pid: 11609 pub: Universidad Complutense de Madrid artinfo: ui: 135851414 10.5209/PSIC.61442 ppf: 143 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.1MB tig: atl: Orthotanasia and dignified death in cancer patients: The perception of health professionals. aug: au: Alves de Almeida, Hélen Rimet Freitas de Melo, Cynthia affil: University of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil su: DEATH & psychology ATTITUDE (Psychology) CANCER patient psychology CANCER treatment FAMILY medicine HEALTH care teams HOSPICE care INTERVIEWING RESEARCH methodology MEDICAL personnel ONCOLOGY PALLIATIVE treatment PROFESSIONAL ethics RESEARCH QUALITATIVE research ATTITUDES toward death SPECIALTY hospitals PASSIVE euthanasia DATA analysis software FAMILY attitudes BRAZIL sug: subj: BRAZIL DEATH & psychology ATTITUDE (Psychology) CANCER patient psychology CANCER treatment FAMILY medicine HEALTH care teams HOSPICE care INTERVIEWING RESEARCH methodology MEDICAL personnel ONCOLOGY PALLIATIVE treatment PROFESSIONAL ethics RESEARCH QUALITATIVE research ATTITUDES toward death SPECIALTY hospitals PASSIVE euthanasia DATA analysis software FAMILY attitudes keyword: dignified death Health professionals orthothanasia muerte digna ortotanasia profesionales de la salud ab: Objective: to analyze the perception about dignified death and orthothanasia in the view of health professionals who provide curative and palliative care in oncology. Method: this is a research with exploratory, qualitative approach. Saturation criteria included the participation of eight health professionals from the Cancer Institute of Ceará, Brazil: a physician, a nurse, a social worker and a psychologist of the palliative care team, and an oncologist, a nurse, a social worker and a psychologist of the curative care team. Three instruments were used: semi-structured interview; Free Word Association Test (WAT) with "cancer" and "orthothanasia" as inductive stimulus; and a Photo Projection Test (PPT) using five images. A textual analysis was carried out using the Iramuteq software to analyze the interviews. For the analysis of the WAT, the frequencies of the words of each stimulus were counted; then they were submitted to the word reduction technique and understood through simple frequency analysis. For the analysis of the PPT, the frequencies were counted, followed by analysis of meanings. Results: cancer is perceived by professionals as synonymous with death, pain and suffering, and orthothanasia as a practice of care and affection. The importance of the transition from curative care to exclusive palliative care is evident when there is no prognosis of cure, so as to offer quality of death and pain relief. This process can be facilitated by the acceptance of death and participation on the part of the family. The family must also receive care. Conclusion: health professionals recognize the importance and challenges of orthothanasia. Objetivo: el presente artículo objetivó analizar la percepción sobre la muerte digna y la ortotanasia para los profesionales de salud de cuidado curativo y paliativo en oncología. Método: se realizó una investigación descriptiva y exploratoria de abordaje cualitativo. Se contó con la participación de ocho profesionales de salud del Instituto del Cáncer de Ceará, en Brasil: médico, enfermera, asistente social y psicóloga del equipo de cuidados paliativos, y médico oncólogo, enfermera, asistente social y psicóloga del equipo de cuidados curativos. Se utilizaron tres instrumentos: entrevista semiestructurada, Prueba de Asociación Libre de Palabras (TALP) y Prueba de Proyección sobre Fotos (TPF). Las entrevistas fueron analizadas a través del software Iramuteq. Para el análisis del TALP, las palabras de cada estímulo fueron analizadas y contabilizadas las frecuencias; a continuación, fueron sometidas a la técnica de reducción de palabras y comprendidas por medio de análisis simple de frecuencia. Para el análisis del TPF, se contabilizaron las frecuencias, seguidas de sus análisis de significados. Resultados: los resultados muestran que el cáncer se percibe como sinónimo de muerte, dolor y sufrimiento; y ortotanasia como cuidado y afecto. Se evidencia la necesidad de la aceptación de la muerte y del cambio de enfoque de cuidado de pacientes en proceso de finitud, y que por medio de los cuidados paliativos es posible ofrecer calidad de muerte y alivio del dolor. Conclusión: se concluye que los profesionales de la salud reconocen la importancia y los desafíos de la ortotanasia. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Psicooncologia is the property of Universidad Complutense de Madrid and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Psicooncologia holder: Universidad Complutense de Madrid dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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