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A intervenção do Assistente Social nos Cuidados Paliativos

Authors: Alves, Liliana da Costa;

A intervenção do Assistente Social nos Cuidados Paliativos

Abstract

Os cuidados paliativos estão em desenvolvimento no nosso país enquanto resposta holística e interdisciplinar aos doentes e cuidadores, sendo fornecidos não só em contexto hospitalar, como a nível comunitário. Considerados essenciais a um sistema nacional de saúde de qualidade devem ser prestados na continuidade dos cuidados de saúde a todas as pessoas com doenças graves, avançadas, progressivas e/ou incuráveis que deles necessitem. Dada a sua abordagem holística da pessoa, os cuidados paliativos envolvem não só cuidados médicos e de enfermagem especializados, que permitem controlar a dor e outros sintomas físicos, mas também o acompanhamento emocional, psicológico, social e espiritual. Sendo o assistente social um dos elementos das equipas paliativas e que oferece um contributo importante pela relevância das questões psicossociais e defesa da garantia dos direitos humanos, com uma ação direta nestes cuidados, o objeto de estudo centra-se no serviço social em cuidados paliativos. A finalidade do mesmo será analisar os cuidados paliativos na perspetiva de assistentes sociais e compreender a intervenção do assistente social nestes cuidados específicos, que envolve o mundo do doente paliativo e suas famílias. A investigação produz conhecimento capaz de evidenciar a prática destes assistentes sociais permitindo a reflexão sobre os contextos e processos de intervenção em cuidados paliativos. Neste prisma optou-se por uma investigação qualitativa através de entrevistas semiestruturadas a 8 assistentes sociais a exercer a atividade profissional em território nacional e 1 no estrangeiro, na área dos cuidados paliativos.

In Portugal, palliative care is developing as a holistic and interdisciplinary response to patients and caretakers, being provided not only in hospital environment but also at a community level. These are considered essential to a quality health care system and must be provided as a complement to heath care to all people with severe, advanced, progressive and/or incurable diseases who need them. Given the holistic approach to the person, palliative care involve specialized medical and nursing care which allow to control pain and other physical symptoms, along with emotional, psychological, social and spiritual monitoring. Being the social worker one of the elements of palliative teams, who offers a major contribution by relevant psychosocial issues and assurance of human rights, with a direct action in this type of care, the purpose of the study is focused on social work in palliative care. The aim is to analyse palliative care on a social worker´s perspective and understand the social worker´s intervention in this specific care which involves the palliative patient world and the family’s. Research produces knowledge capable of highlighting the practice of social workers allowing reflection about contexts and intervention procedures in palliative care. With this in mind, it was decided to do a qualitative investigation through semi structured interviews to 8 social workers exercising their professional activity within national territory and 1 abroad, in the field of palliative care.

Dissertação de Mestrado em Serviço Social

Country
Portugal
Keywords

Serviço Social, Cuidados Paliativos

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