Espiritualidade e câncer: a construção de sentidos por pacientes frente à finitude
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Os cuidados paliativos põem em destaca a importância do entendimento das
múltiplas dimensões do sujeito e inclui a espiritualidade como um dos aspectos relevantes
deste contexto. A busca de sentido para o sofrimento e a finitude é um dos fatores pelo qual
recorre-se à espiritualidade. Por isso, foi investigado se e como pacientes com câncer em
cuidados paliativos recorrem à espiritualidade para dar sentido ao adoecimento tendo como
base teórica principal Viktor Frankl. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas e os dados
analisados com Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin. Dez participantes compuseram a amostra.
Percebeu-se que a dimensão espiritual é incorporada nas histórias de vida dos pacientes,
sendo utilizada como estratégia de enfrentamento e para descobrir um sentido frente a ameaça
da morte.
Palliative care highlights the importance of understanding the multiple dimensions of the subject and includes spirituality as one of the relevant aspects of this context. The search for meaning for suffering and finitude is one of the factors by which we resort to spirituality. Therefore, it was investigated whether and how cancer patients in palliative care resort to spirituality to make sense of the illness based on Viktor Frankl's main theoretical basis. Semi-structured interviews were carried out and the data analyzed using Bardin's Content Analysis. Ten participants made up the sample. It was noticed that the spiritual dimension is incorporated into the patients' life histories, being used as a coping strategy and to discover meaning in the face of the threat of death.
Palliative care highlights the importance of understanding the multiple dimensions of the subject and includes spirituality as one of the relevant aspects of this context. The search for meaning for suffering and finitude is one of the factors by which we resort to spirituality. Therefore, it was investigated whether and how cancer patients in palliative care resort to spirituality to make sense of the illness based on Viktor Frankl's main theoretical basis. Semi-structured interviews were carried out and the data analyzed using Bardin's Content Analysis. Ten participants made up the sample. It was noticed that the spiritual dimension is incorporated into the patients' life histories, being used as a coping strategy and to discover meaning in the face of the threat of death.
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23 p.