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[The phenomenon experienced by relatives with a family member hospitalized in the intensive care unit]
Isabel Comassetto1, Bertha Cruz Enders
1Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil. icomassetto@yahoo.com.br
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to understand the phenomenon lived by relatives who have a family member hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU), and the used approach was the phenomenological one in the modality of the situated phenomenon. Ten family members of patients hospitalized in the ICU of a private hospital in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, were interviewed from March to July of 2006. Five thematic categories emerged from the analysis, which constituted the elements of the lived experience: Fear of the patient's death; Absence of humanization; Social isolation; Trust in the ICU and Overloading of personal life With the phenomenon revealed, it was possible to subsidize the construction of a humanized approach that looks on the patient's family.
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