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Cuidados Paliativos : uma reflexão sobre as competências profissionais do assistente social
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A presente pesquisa enquadrou-se na temática da Educação e Formação de Adultos, recaindo na questão das competências profissionais. A reflexão centrou-se na aquisição e mobilização de competências de um grupo profissional, os assistentes sociais, contextualizados numa área de intervenção específica, as Unidades de Cuidados Paliativos.
A par dos avanços da medicina contemporânea, essencialmente científicos, têm vindo a ser incluídas novas disciplinas que favorecem a concretização dos programas de saúde e a consequente melhoria das condições de vida das populações. É o caso da integração do Serviço Social nos Programas de Cuidados Paliativos. Com o afastamento de uma abordagem direccionada para a prevenção e tratamento da(s) doença(s) verifica-se uma aproximação a uma abordagem focalizada no cuidar do doente, centrada em medidas de conforto e promoção de qualidade de vida. Com efeito, surgem novos desafios aos profissionais, nomeadamente ao nível das competências aí exigidas.
Tendo por base uma metodologia qualitativa, assente num enquadramento teórico no qual se aprofundou noções e concepções, pretendeu-se reflectir sobre a prática profissional baseada em competências específicas que favoreçam a qualidade dos cuidados a pessoas em fase terminal de doença e respectivas famílias.
The following research is framed within the theme of Education and Training of Adults, falling upon the question of professional expertise. The thought process was focused on the acquisition and mobilization of competences of a professional group, Social Workers, taking into account a very specific area of intervention, the Palliative Care Unit. With contemporary and essentially scientific medicinal advances, come new disciplines that will benefit the implementation of health programs, and will improve the life conditions of the population. This is what happens in the case of the integration of Social Work in the Palliative Care Programs. With the estrangement of a directional approach towards the prevention and treatment of diseases, comes an approach focused on the taking care of the patient, centered on comfort measures, and promoting a better quality of life. Therefore, new challenges appear to professionals, particularly in terms of skills that are required. Based on a qualitative methodology, which is supported on a theoretical framework where notions and conceptions where developed, the purpose was to reflect about professional practice based on specific skills which improve the quality of care for people in the terminal phase of illness and their families.
The following research is framed within the theme of Education and Training of Adults, falling upon the question of professional expertise. The thought process was focused on the acquisition and mobilization of competences of a professional group, Social Workers, taking into account a very specific area of intervention, the Palliative Care Unit. With contemporary and essentially scientific medicinal advances, come new disciplines that will benefit the implementation of health programs, and will improve the life conditions of the population. This is what happens in the case of the integration of Social Work in the Palliative Care Programs. With the estrangement of a directional approach towards the prevention and treatment of diseases, comes an approach focused on the taking care of the patient, centered on comfort measures, and promoting a better quality of life. Therefore, new challenges appear to professionals, particularly in terms of skills that are required. Based on a qualitative methodology, which is supported on a theoretical framework where notions and conceptions where developed, the purpose was to reflect about professional practice based on specific skills which improve the quality of care for people in the terminal phase of illness and their families.
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Cuidados paliativos Competências Profissionais Assistentes Sociais Paliative Care Professional competences Social Workers