Abstract

OLIVEIRA DE SOUSA, Alana Tamar et al. Palliative care with terminal patients: a focus on Bioethics. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.3, pp. 123-135. ISSN 1561-2961.

Objective: This article aimed to investigate how Bioethical principles are taken into consideration in scientific publications which deal with palliative cares with terminal patients. Methodology: As concerns the chosen methodology, an investigation of bibliographical nature was accomplished by means of electronic search in the Virtual Library for Health site (BVS), in the SCIELO and LILACS data basis. The research universe encompassed 269 articles which, eight of them dealt with bioethical principles. The sample was, in this way, represented by these eight articles. In regard to the empirical material analysis, the content analysis technique was used. For this reason, the following phases were taken into account: the pre-analysis, the material exploration and the data treatment. Results: The results obtained, from the analysis of the eight articles, were organized in three categories, such as: emphasis on the autonomy principle; comfort and well-being for the terminal patient; conflicts referring to bioethical principles. Conclusion: The use of bioethical principles was perceived in some researches and this enables to foresee a better outlook for a coming future. However, other realities present, though in a subtle way, that such principles are being unfulfilled, reflecting, thus, the need for changes.

Keywords : Cuidados Paliativos; Enfermo Terminal; Bioética; Hospice Care; Terminally Ill; Bioethics.

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