A transferência do utente em fim de vida para uma morte em ambiente hospitalar: uma inevitabilidade?

Research output: Types of ThesisMaster's Thesis

Abstract

This dissertation has the overall objective of being familiar with the reasons that support the decision to transfer a patient in his last days of life to the Hospital, when accompanied by a team that provide palliative care / palliative action in the home, and exploring these elements. A qualitative and empirical cross-sectional study was prepared and set data was collected from questionnaires carried out by nurses that provided palliative care and / or palliative actions at home. Through content analysis and by conducting descriptive statistics the main difficulties of nurses in the maintenance of home care focused on the lack of availability of the team, the disability to maintain continuity of care in the 24h, the lack of informal caregivers that are not monitored in many cases and, in others, the burden of the caregiver. Also, symptomatic control and action in situations of palliative emergency were identified. Thus, the strategies of these professionals to act in the face of difficulties already mentioned are focused on: supporting the patient / family; in the management of work hours; the anticipation of a crisis situation and the mobilization of resources, always stressing teamwork. When approaching the work carried out by these teams they establish the relationship of help to the patient / family and the numerous cases in which, respecting the wishes of the patient and family, they were able to mobilize the resources needed for a decent end to life.
Original languagePortuguese
QualificationMaster of Science
Awarding Institution
  • University of Lisbon
Supervisors/Advisors
  • Martins, Lurdes, Supervisor
Award date14 Jul 2015
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

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