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Cuidado espiritual ao paciente terminal: uma abordagem a partir da bioética

Abstract: Article written from a qualitative study which points out the bioethical characteristics of spiritual care of terminal patients. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview have been applied to seven pastorialists at hospitals in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, intentionally chosen. We concluded that nurses are not adequately prepared to fulfill spiritual needs of terminal patients but nevertheless this kind of service is included as part of their tasks. This study, therefore points out the need of better defining chapel services and integrating them to nursing, in order to promoting suitable spiritual services to terminal patients, without further interferences. Following bioethical parameters, this analysis proposes integration between health professionals and spiritual care providers in dealing with patients care. As a field of reflection free from determinisms, bioethics ca be seen as a tool capable of conduct guiding ”“ as suggested by the interviewed discourses. The effort to capture the peculiarities experienced by patients the concrete situations highlights the role of bioethics in the field of the spirituality.