Suffering and Liberation: Significances of Death in a Pediatric ICU

Authors

  • Evandro de Quadros Cherer Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Alberto Manuel Quintana Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Ursula Maria Stockmann Pinheiro Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Keywords:

Death, Psychology, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the significance of death to physicians and nurses in a pediatric ICU. The research was designed considering a qualitative approach and its data gathering was carried out through semistructured interviews guided by primary questions. Four nurses and four physicians who work in the pediatric ICU took part in this study. Data was analysed through content analysis, in which appeared the following two categories: “Death as suffering” and “Death as liberation”. In one side, the suffering before the contrast between death and life was highlighted, wich means when death is opposed to the characteristics of vitality, expectations and fantasies of life. In another side, death still might be meant as a liberation or as the end of suffering for the dying process, wich was understood as more anxiogenic than the death itself.

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Author Biographies

Evandro de Quadros Cherer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Psicólogo (UFSM). Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (UFRGS).

Alberto Manuel Quintana, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Psicólogo. Doutor em Ciências Sociais (Antropologia Clínica), professor do Curso de Psicologia e dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (Mestrado) e Enfermagem (Mestrado) da UFSM.

Ursula Maria Stockmann Pinheiro, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Enfermeira. Mestre do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem (UFSM).

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Published

2014-02-11

How to Cite

Cherer, E. de Q., Quintana, A. M., & Pinheiro, U. M. S. (2014). Suffering and Liberation: Significances of Death in a Pediatric ICU. Psico, 44(4), 481–489. Retrieved from https://pucrs.emnuvens.com.br/revistapsico/article/view/10982

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Vol. 44 No. 4 (2013)

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