Involvement and fragmentation: a study of parental care of hospitalized children in Brazil

Parental involvement in the care of children who are hospitalized has been encouraged by the government in Brazil, as it has in the United Kingdom (UK). In this paper, key aspects of the UK, North American, and Latin American literature concerning parental participation are discussed, and implicatio...

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Published inPediatric nursing Vol. 27; no. 6; p. 559
Main Authors de Lima, R A, Rocha, S M, Scochi, C G, Callery, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Jannetti Publications, Inc 01.11.2001
Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc
Subjects
Adolescents
Attitude of Health Personnel
Brazil
Care and treatment
Caregivers
Child
Child Care
Child, Hospitalized
Child, Preschool
Childhood Needs
Children
Children & youth
Chronic Disease - nursing
Chronic Disease - psychology
Family (Sociological Unit)
Hospital wards
Hospitalization
Hospitalized Children
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Latin American Literature
Management
Mothers
Mothers - education
Mothers - psychology
Nursing
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Parent Participation
Parent School Relationship
Parents & parenting
Participant Observation
Pediatric nursing
Professional-Family Relations
Social Class
Brazil
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Summary:Parental involvement in the care of children who are hospitalized has been encouraged by the government in Brazil, as it has in the United Kingdom (UK). In this paper, key aspects of the UK, North American, and Latin American literature concerning parental participation are discussed, and implications for hospital care of children in Brazil are considered. A study of the division of work between nurses and the mothers (or other relatives) of 10 children hospitalized with chronic illnesses is reported. Data were collected by participant observation of child care in a Brazilian hospital. The results highlight some of the difficulties that arise in the integration of the work of mothers and nurses in hospital care of children and the fragmentation of care into "manual" and "intellectual" work. The results are considered within the theoretical framework of the model of technologic organization of work (Gonçalves, 1979, 1994). Implications for the organization of child care in the hospital are discussed.
ISSN:0097-9805