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Conocimiento de la ley y preparación del personal sanitario sobre el proceso asistencial de la muerte.

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2013-04

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Torres-Mesa, Luisa María
Schmidt-Riovalle, Jacqueline
García-García, Inmaculada

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Universidade de São Paulo
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Este estudio apunta a conocer la percepción que los profesionales de la salud médicos, enfermeras y auxiliares de enfermería) tienen acerca de su preparaciónen el cuidado de los enfermos terminales y determinar sus conocimientos sobre la legislación de cuidados paliativos. Se ha realizado un estudio transversal, en un hospital de Granada (España), mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario ad hoc. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría del personal ha trabajado con pacientes en el final de su vida, pero sólo la mitad cree teUna parte considerable dice no conocer la legislación actual en cuidados paliativos. La mayoría de los profesionales plantearía la retirada de terapias para el mantenimiento de la vida y desconocen el mecanismo para informar sobre la cumplimentación del Testamento Vital, como indica el Plan de Cuidados Paliativos de Andalucía (España)
The aims of this study were to ascertain the perception that health professionals (doctors, nurses and nursing assistants) have about their preparation for the care of terminally ill patients and to determine their knowledge about palliative care legislation. This cross sectional study was performed at a hospital in Granada (Spain); we administered an ad hoc questionnaire. The results indicated that although most of the staff had worked with terminally ill patients, only half believed that they have been trained to care for them. A significant proportion stated that they did not know about the current palliative care legislation. Most professionals would question the withdrawal of therapies for the maintenance of life; most of them are also unaware of the mechanism for reporting on the completion of a Living Will, as well as a Plan for Palliative Care in Andalusia (Spain).

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Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cross-Sectional Studies
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Female
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Delivery of Health Care::Attitude to Health::Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Occupational Groups::Health Personnel
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Questionnaires
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Patient Care::Terminal Care
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Young Adult
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult

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Palliative Care, Health personel, Patient care team, Death, Legislation, Cuidados paliativos, Personal de salud, Grupo de atención al paciente, Muerte, Legislación, Andalucía, España

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Torres-Mesa LM, Schmidt-Riovalle J, García-García I. Conocimiento de la ley y preparación del personal sanitario sobre el proceso asistencial de la muerte. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2013 ; 47(2):464-70