Anticipatory grief and family’s coping strategies in palliative care

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2023.1.39961

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Palliative Care;, Caregivers, Coping Behavior, Family, Grief

Abstract

The anticipatory grief puts the relatives in front of the necessity to articulate coping strategies, in the face of the demands in the Palliative Care. This qualitative study aimed characterize the family members' strategies for coping in the context of Palliative Care and anticipatory grief. There were realized interviews with 14 relatives of patients in Palliative Care. The data were analyzed based on Grounded Theory, with assistance of ATLAS.ti 7.5. The results indicated that the strategies for coping were crossed by the process marked by the meanings assigned to death, by the conversations about this, by the implications of the end-of-life process. Strategies for solving problems were observed, to overcome emotions, based on interpersonal relationships and religiosity/spirituality. Stands out the importance of the recognition such strategies and their expression, as indicators of anticipatory grief, in order to subsidize the interventions in the Palliative Care context.

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Cristine Gabrielle da Costa dos Reis, Faculdade Integrada de Santa Maria (FISMA), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

PhD in Psychology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil; Master in Psychology from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Professor at Faculdade Integrada de Santa Maria (FISMA), in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

Carmen Leontina Ojeda Ocampo Moré, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Marina Menezes, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

PhD in Psychology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

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2023-11-21

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da Costa dos Reis, C. G., Ojeda Ocampo Moré, C. L., & Menezes, M. (2023). Anticipatory grief and family’s coping strategies in palliative care. Psico, 54(1), e39961. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2023.1.39961

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