Psicologia e Cuidados Paliativos em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva: relato de experiência de uma psicóloga residente em Atenção ao Paciente em Estado Crítico

Abstract

This study emerged from the experience as a resident psychologist in the Critical Patient Care Program, in a teaching hospital in Minas Gerais. It is characterized as a qualitative, descriptive study in the format of an experience report. This research aimed to describe the psychology practice in the face of the palliative care approach in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), bringing possibilities of this action, with the specific objectives of understanding how psychology can contribute to the construction of the care plan and shared decision-making in the ICU. It was identified the importance of rescuing the patient's subjectivity in this context and the importance of the psychology professional to offer support to the patient, family and team, through follow-up, discussions, helping in communication and in the construction of the care plan. It favored the expansion of reflections and discussions about the psychologist's possibilities of acting in this scenario, supporting the construction of a humanized and comprehensive care.

Keywords: "Palliative care"; "Intensive care unit"; “Health Psychology” “Shared decisionmaking”