Positive and negative aspects of Palliative Care in Perinatology and Neonatology from the perspective of a multi-professional team

Objetives: to identify positive and negative aspects in the palliative care assistance of pregnant women with detected fetal abnormalities and/or newborns with poor prognosis, according to the perception of a multidisciplinary team in a university hospital. Methods: descriptive study with a qualitat...

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Autores: Melo, Fernanda Pegoraro de Godoi, Peripolli, Marcelle de Oliveira, Souza Junior, Nilson Willamy Bastos de, Zani, Adriana Valongo, Probst, Vanessa Suziane
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28010
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/28010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Palliative care
Perinatology
Neonatology
Patient care team.
Cuidados paliativos
Perinatología
Neonatología
Grupo de atención al paciente.
Perinatologia
Neonatologia
Equipe multiprofissional.
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Sumario:Objetives: to identify positive and negative aspects in the palliative care assistance of pregnant women with detected fetal abnormalities and/or newborns with poor prognosis, according to the perception of a multidisciplinary team in a university hospital. Methods: descriptive study with a qualitative approach with professionals from the maternity unit, obstetric emergency room and neonatal intensive care unit. Data collection took place from June 2018 to May 2019, through semi-structured interviews. The Critical Incident Technique was used. Results: the study sample consisted of 56 professionals from the multidisciplinary team. 236 critical incidents emerged, 88 with positive aspects and 148 with negative ones. Conclusion: it was possible to identify a more significant number of negative references to the detriment of positive ones regarding palliative care, demonstrating that such approach involves more difficulties for its proper implementation. This study provided information that might enable the development of measures to improve palliative for this population and to promote a perinatal and neonatal palliative care group implementation with periodic training and education for the multidisciplinary team.