Care aimed at family members of people in human finitude

• Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Ana Cláudia de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Monique Pereira da, Dantas, Maria Clara Soares, Fonseca, Andrielly Cavalcante, Brito, Débora Thaise Freires de, Agra, Glenda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/12151
• topic: Health care; Family; Palliative Care.; Atención a la salut; Familia; Cuidados Paliativos.; Atenção à saúde; Família; Cuidados Paliativos.

Objective: To summarize the contributions of scientific production on the care provided to family members of people in human finitude. Methodology: This is an integrative review of the literature on care aimed at family members of patients in the process of human finitude. Results: Two thematic categories were presented: Thematic category I - Religiosity and Spirituality and Thematic category II - Formal and informal support networks, which were subdivided into three subcategories: Subcategory I - Family support; Subcategory II - Effective communication from the interdisciplinary team that make up the network and Subcategory III - Biopsychosocial and educational attention of the network. Conclusion: Caregivers face many difficulties in the process of illness of their loved one during the process of human finitude, requiring health professionals to pay attention to listening, welcoming and observing clinical and psychic signs of mental suffering, as well as clear communication and objective about the clinical picture of your loved one.