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Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach
Introduction: Palliative care continues to be misunderstood within the world of healthcare. Palliative care professionals are key agents for promoting a greater understanding of their field. This study aims to examine the messages, both implicit and explicit, that palliative care professionals trans...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8156736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34067892 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105348 |
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author | Reigada, Carla Centeno, Carlos Gonçalves, Edna Arantzamendi, Maria |
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description | Introduction: Palliative care continues to be misunderstood within the world of healthcare. Palliative care professionals are key agents for promoting a greater understanding of their field. This study aims to examine the messages, both implicit and explicit, that palliative care professionals transmit about themselves and their work within their teams and to other health professionals. Methods: Focused ethnographic secondary analysis, exploring the interactions of palliative care professionals as it happens at everyday work. An inductive thematic analysis was developed from 242 h of observation of the daily work practices of palliative care professionals, focusing on their interactions with others. The data was coded without predefined categories, and the analysis was performed independently by two researchers. Results: Palliative professionals communicate that they are part of an active team working in an organized manner. They value and feel proud of their work. Despite the intensity of their work, these professionals are always available to others, to whom they demonstrate a clear professional identity. They convey their expertise in alleviating suffering, respectful behavior and collaborative ability. Conclusion: Professionals, in their daily work, communicate through their messages the essence of palliative care. It is essential that palliative care professionals perceive themselves as potential influencers and explicitly transmit the reasons for their intervention. Otherwise, others will perpetuate the myths, misunderstandings, and lack of a positive reputation for palliative care. |
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spelling | pubmed-81567362021-05-28 Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach Reigada, Carla Centeno, Carlos Gonçalves, Edna Arantzamendi, Maria Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Introduction: Palliative care continues to be misunderstood within the world of healthcare. Palliative care professionals are key agents for promoting a greater understanding of their field. This study aims to examine the messages, both implicit and explicit, that palliative care professionals transmit about themselves and their work within their teams and to other health professionals. Methods: Focused ethnographic secondary analysis, exploring the interactions of palliative care professionals as it happens at everyday work. An inductive thematic analysis was developed from 242 h of observation of the daily work practices of palliative care professionals, focusing on their interactions with others. The data was coded without predefined categories, and the analysis was performed independently by two researchers. Results: Palliative professionals communicate that they are part of an active team working in an organized manner. They value and feel proud of their work. Despite the intensity of their work, these professionals are always available to others, to whom they demonstrate a clear professional identity. They convey their expertise in alleviating suffering, respectful behavior and collaborative ability. Conclusion: Professionals, in their daily work, communicate through their messages the essence of palliative care. It is essential that palliative care professionals perceive themselves as potential influencers and explicitly transmit the reasons for their intervention. Otherwise, others will perpetuate the myths, misunderstandings, and lack of a positive reputation for palliative care. MDPI 2021-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8156736/ /pubmed/34067892 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105348 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Reigada, Carla Centeno, Carlos Gonçalves, Edna Arantzamendi, Maria Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach |
title | Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach |
title_full | Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach |
title_fullStr | Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach |
title_short | Palliative Care Professionals’ Message to Others: An Ethnographic Approach |
title_sort | palliative care professionals’ message to others: an ethnographic approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8156736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34067892 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105348 |
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