Família contemporânea e saúde: significados, práticas e políticas públicas

Moura, Maria Martha Duque de

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2011000200023

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“…In this study, the definition that supports the concept of family constituted as a privileged place for the production of meanings and practices associated with health, disease and care was adopted, a place that, in contemporary times, is dynamic and its constitution is flexible in form and organization being able to expand to neighborhood and kinship (3) . Therefore, for the conduct of the present research, the following concept was chosen about the family institution: The family is a space of care that is naturally recognized and confirmed by the responsibilities that its members attribute to it.…”

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Existential transformations in the process of facing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by the family caregiver

Costa

Comassetto

Santos

et al. 2021

Rev. Gaúcha Enferm.

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Objective To understand the existential transformations of the family caregiver of a person living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Method Qualitative study based on assumptions of Martin Heidegger Existential Phenomenology, with 12 family caregivers of the person with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, in Alagoas. The testimonies were obtained from June 2019 to March 2020 and analyzed, categorized, and discussed based on the theoretical-philosophical framework adopted and thematic literature. Results Phenomenological sense of the existential transformations of the family caregiver of a person living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, unveiled with the categories: Being the caregiver of the person living with ALS; Being responsible for decision making; Resignifying the existence in view of the possibility of loss; Spirituality influencing the transformation process. Conclusions The family caregiver has an appropriate life due to the inherent vicissitudes of the disease, which provides moving moments that lead him to rethink his existence and to value life.

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confidence: 99%