Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals
Aim: to carry out a reflection on how the vision of finitude/death in Western society influences the performance of health professionals. Method: A reflection on death and dying is performed using the main classical authors working this issue. Results: Death and dying are events not only biologica...
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| author | Raylane da Silva Machado Larissa Alves de Araújo Lima Grazielle Roberta Freitas da Silva Claudete Ferreira de Souza Monteiro Silvana Santiago Rocha |
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| description | Aim: to carry out a reflection on how the vision of finitude/death in Western society influences the performance of health professionals.
Method: A reflection on death and dying is performed using the main classical authors working this issue.
Results: Death and dying are events not only biological but also of religious, social, philosophical and anthropological dimension. In Western society, there is a trend away from the idea of death, with a false belief of immortality. It is difficult to think about the issue of death and dying in their process aspects and its multiple meanings. This view implies that death is unwarranted or unexpected.
Conclusions: When we reflect directly on the practices of health professionals towards death, we understand that an opening for discussion of the topic among their peers and also is necessary to society in general. That’s because these workers have turned academic training to rehabilitate and restore health with a view to prolonging life, thus envisage death as a failure, professional failure, which leads to feelings of guilt and sadness. It is important, therefore, that these professionals are trained scientifically and psychologically to deal with the issue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38dcfb7c9ed040f9af91ae2b43a5a3d12022-12-21T19:05:27ZspaUniversidad de AlicanteCultura de los Cuidados1699-60032016-09-01045919710.14198/cuid.2016.45.108625Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionalsRaylane da Silva Machado0Larissa Alves de Araújo Lima1Grazielle Roberta Freitas da Silva2Claudete Ferreira de Souza Monteiro3Silvana Santiago Rocha4Universidade Federal do PiauíUniversidade Federal do PiauíUniversidade Federal do PiauíUniversidade Federal do PiauíUniversidade Federal do PiauíAim: to carry out a reflection on how the vision of finitude/death in Western society influences the performance of health professionals. Method: A reflection on death and dying is performed using the main classical authors working this issue. Results: Death and dying are events not only biological but also of religious, social, philosophical and anthropological dimension. In Western society, there is a trend away from the idea of death, with a false belief of immortality. It is difficult to think about the issue of death and dying in their process aspects and its multiple meanings. This view implies that death is unwarranted or unexpected. Conclusions: When we reflect directly on the practices of health professionals towards death, we understand that an opening for discussion of the topic among their peers and also is necessary to society in general. That’s because these workers have turned academic training to rehabilitate and restore health with a view to prolonging life, thus envisage death as a failure, professional failure, which leads to feelings of guilt and sadness. It is important, therefore, that these professionals are trained scientifically and psychologically to deal with the issue.https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/2016-n45-finitude-e-morte-na-sociedade-ocidental-uma-reflexao-com-foco-nos-profissionais-de-saudeMorteAtitude frente à morteCuidados fim de vidaProfessionais de saúdePessoal da saúde |
| spellingShingle | Raylane da Silva Machado Larissa Alves de Araújo Lima Grazielle Roberta Freitas da Silva Claudete Ferreira de Souza Monteiro Silvana Santiago Rocha Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals Cultura de los Cuidados Morte Atitude frente à morte Cuidados fim de vida Professionais de saúde Pessoal da saúde |
| title | Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals |
| title_full | Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals |
| title_fullStr | Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals |
| title_short | Finitude and death in Western society: a reflection focusing on health professionals |
| title_sort | finitude and death in western society a reflection focusing on health professionals |
| topic | Morte Atitude frente à morte Cuidados fim de vida Professionais de saúde Pessoal da saúde |
| url | https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/2016-n45-finitude-e-morte-na-sociedade-ocidental-uma-reflexao-com-foco-nos-profissionais-de-saude |
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