Vivências de luto em famílias acompanhadas por equipes de saúde na atenção primária

Abstract

This study has the purpose of mapping social networks of mourning families to identify resources and gaps that could interfere in the mourning experience. Eight families with a total of nine mourners belonging to a municipality primary care unit in the state of Minas Gerais participated in the study. They gave semi-structured interviews using a previously elaborated script and the construction of a minimum social network map proposed by Sluzki. The stories were recorded, transcribed, textualized and worked through content analysis. The results indicated: (a) the family, as well as spirituality, are factors considered fundamental by the mourners to deal with a family lost; (b) the health team is poorly defined as a supporter of grief; (c) the mourners have a desire to talk about the lost of the relative; (d) the home visit supports a better mourning frontation.Thus, the resources used by the bereaved were family and spirituality, and the lack of support from Primary Care was a shortcoming.