Objective:The study's purpose has been to further understand how a continuous education proposal could contribute to the improvement of professional health knowledge with regards to the palliative care. Methods: It is an action research type with a qualitative approach, which was carried out at a referral hospital in oncology that is locaded in the Southern region of Brazil during the period from April to May 2015. The study was performed through the application of a questionnaire with open questions before and after the education activity, then being analyzed from content analysis of the thematic type. Results: 213 professionals participated. Five thematic categories were constructed, as follows: Professional knowledge before the action: care towards the terminal patient; Professional knowledge before the action: care to the patient without both cure and treatment possibility; Sensitization to the principles of palliative care: the starting point; Safety care: understanding the proposal and its indications; and, Feeling the need to self-learning. Conclusion: It was identified the reduction of professionals insecurity and the improvement of the knowledge. It is important to highlight the larger propagation about this philosophy of care.
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