ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN THE CARE OF THE CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENT

Cogitare Enfermagem

关键词: Principle based ethics;    Nursing;    Critical care;   

DOI  :  http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i3.24222

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In attending the critically-ill patient, the dramaticity of the situation turns the resolution of problems into a complex act. This being so, this study aimed to identify the principal ethical problems experienced in nursing in the care of the critically-illpatient in hospital. It is descriptive research with a qualitative approach, with data analyzed through thematic analysis following collection via interviews with twenty nursing professionals in an accident and emergency unit in a teaching hospital in Curitiba, in the Brazilian state of Paraná, between January and March of 2010. The study notes: a lack of humanization in care, difficulties in communication among the multidisciplinary team, breaches of professional confidentiality, inappropriate forms of communication, difficulties relating to the right to decide, difficulty in the appropriate allocation of resources in the provision of care and the negative impact on patient care of the patient’s and their family’s financial limitations. The recognition of these problems represents the first step to problematizing, sensibilitizing and reflecting, based on the perception of ethical problems.

【 授权许可】

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