Doação de órgãos : processo de luto na família

Abstract

The present study has as its central theme of discussion grief experienced by families whose loved ones were organ donors. It discusses the need for health professionals to know the stages of grief and subtlety to perceive them approaching in moments with family, valuable tool in the care process, especially in the face of death. This research aimed to assist the family in the grieving process after organ donation. Specifically, the objective is also to describe the stories of the families of organ donors, focusing on the experiences of loss and the donation process, analyze the coping process of grieving family after organ donation and analyze how the home visit strategy to promote the health of families in mourning. It is a qualitative research and used the Topical History of life. The site was the area north of the state of Ceará, where 39 were identified multiple organ donors in the period from 2009 to 2011, being the home visit strategy and careful data collection with eight families who agreed to participate. Were described topical stories of families and analyzed their grief: identified the family structure, development and its functionality at Calgary Family Assessment Model. This study provides contributions for health professionals, mainly nurses about the importance of care for the person grieving process, necessitating a revision of practices that inhibit the exposure of feelings, policies foster care in institutions and effective practice home visits as a method of family care. Moreover, this approach between family and staff is an opportunity for professionals to review their practices, their weaknesses and therapeutic possibilities. This process would provide the constant construction of shared care. In this sense, it signals the need also to work with the vision of promoting the mental health of families in mourning, as for the pain of loss, the embrace caregiver is the starting point.