Grasping the meaning of perinatal palliative care for the multiprofessional team

• Published in: Revista Paulista de Pediatria Vol. 42; p. e2023178
• Main Authors: Melo, Fernanda Pegoraro de Godoi, Zani, Adriana Valongo, Araujo, Juliane Pagliari, Gallo, Adriana Martins, Peripolli, Marcelle de Oliveira, Probst, Vanessa Suziane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 01-01-2024
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Communication; Decision Making; Female; Humanization of care; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Interviews as Topic; Male; Middle Aged; Neonatology; Original; Palliative care; Palliative Care - psychology; Patient Care Team; Perinatal care; Perinatal Care - methods; Pregnancy; Professional-Family Relations; Qualitative Research
• ISSN: 0103-0582; 1984-0462
• DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/2024/42/2023178

To grasp the meaning of perinatal palliative care for the multidisciplinary team.
This is a qualitative study guided by content analysis. The study included 56 health professionals working in maternal and child units of a public university hospital. A semi-structured interview was conducted, which was recorded and subsequently fully transcribed. The collection took place from June 2018 to May 2019. Data were entered and exported to Atlas ti: The Qualitative Date Analysis & Research Software, version 23.1.1.0.
Four thematic categories emerged from the data analysis: palliative care and eligible public in the view of professionals; communication between family and team in decision-making; assistance in palliative care; humanized care.
The professionals think of palliative care in Perinatology in a similar way and perceive the difficulties of communication with the family and decision-making. They agree that it is necessary to provide greater support to the family, and to provide comfort measures, either for the non-viable fetus or for the baby eligible for palliative care.