Ethical problems experienced by oncology nurses

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Kely Regina Da Luz¹  Mara Ambrosina De Oliveira Vargas¹  Pablo Henrique Schmidtt¹  Edison Luiz Devos Barlem¹  Jamila Geri Tomaschewski-barlem¹  Luciana Martins Da Rosa¹ 

关键词: Oncology Nursing;    Bioethics;    Public Health Policies;    Medical Futility;    Death;    Ethics;    Clinical;    Enfermagem Oncológica;    Bioética;    Políticas Públicas de Saúde;    Futilidade Médica;    Morte;    Ética Clínica;    Enfermería Oncológica;    Bioética;    Políticas Públicas de Salud;    Inutilidad Médica;    Muerte;    Ética Clínica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.0098.2665

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective:to know the ethical problems experienced by oncology nurses.Method:descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, performed in inpatient units and in chemotherapy out-patients units that provide assistance to oncological patients in two capitals in the South region of Brazil. Eighteen nurses participated in this study, selected by snowball sampling type. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were carried out, which were recorded and transcribed, and then analyzed by thematic analysis.Results:two categories were established: when informing or not becomes a dilemma - showing the main difficulties related to oncological treatment information regarding health staff, health system, and infrastructure; to invest or not - dilemmas related to finitude - showing situations of dilemmas related to pain and confrontation with finitude.Conclusion:for the effective confrontation of the ethical problems experienced by oncology nurses to occur, it is important to invest in the training of these professionals, preparing them in an ethical and human way to act as lawyers of the patient with cancer, in a context of dilemmas related mainly to the possibility of finitude.

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