Death education: sensibility for caregiving

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 71; no. suppl 4; pp. 1779 - 1784
• Main Authors: Lima, Roberta de, Bergold, Leila Brito, Souza, Joana Darc Fialho de, Barbosa, Genesis de Souza, Ferreira, Márcia de Assunção
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2018
• Subjects: Attitude Before Death; Attitude to Death; Brazil; Caregivers - psychology; Communication; Death; Death & dying; Education; Education in Nursing; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods; Health Education - methods; Humans; Learning; Medical personnel; Nurses; Nursing Care; Nursing Students; Palliative care; Patients; Professionals; Students; Students, Nursing - psychology; Universities - organization & administration; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0018

to report the application of a participatory teaching-learning method on the themes death, dying, and associate care to highlight its applicability to the students. report of application of participatory method in 22 students from the 6th period of the undergraduate program in Nursing and Obstetrics of a public university. The first stage focused on personal experiences of the students and the second on professional prospects. As resources for data collection we used music, drawing, drama, and photography. after applying the method, the students assigned meanings to death and nursing care, reflected, criticized, and resignified experiences on the theme. the method was considered applicable and effective to achieve the objective, that is, it enables learners to act as protagonists of the teaching-learning process, building together a new perspective of end-of-life care.