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0151/2026 - How do health professionals deal with difficult palliative care situations?
Como profissionais de saúde lidam com situações difíceis do cuidado paliativo?

Author:

• Vanessa dos Santos Beserra - Beserra, VS - <vanessabeserra@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-0021

Co-author(s):

• Claudia Brito - Brito, C - <claudia.brito@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-6918


Abstract:

Objective: To analyze how health professionals deal with difficult situations (DS) in palliative care and how they impact the provision of care and the lives of these professionals.
Method: Qualitative research from a comprehensive and phenomenological perspective, based on interviews with 36 health professionals in oncological palliative care, carried out between August/2019 and February/2020. The categories (how it was handled and repercussion) were analyzed using the phenomenological narrative method and a philosophical and sociological theoretical basis.
Results: We identified two different ways of dealing with DS, those who fled and those who faced DS, and this attitude also reflected in two forms of repercussion: professionals who managed to transform DS into something beneficial, those who did not see changes, or when they did, they were in the direction of worsening working conditions.
Conclusions: Results show that even DS can promote transformation and new meaning in the care and lives of professionals. It also reiterates the need to deepen the subjective dimension in the professional training process and create spaces for reflection in health services to address the emotional difficulties experienced by professionals, aiming to learn from experiences.

Keywords:

Palliative Care, Neoplasms, Morphine, Terminally Ill; Professional Training

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How do health professionals deal with difficult palliative care situations?


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Beserra, VS, Brito, C. How do health professionals deal with difficult palliative care situations?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/Jun). [Citado em 25/09/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/how-do-health-professionals-deal-with-difficult-palliative-care-situations/20049



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