Bioethical reflection on the responsibility of caregivers of terminally ill patients

Abstract

The present study was performed with the aim to know and describe the meanings about the end of life and the responsibility of the caregiver regarding the terminally patient, as well as to promote a reflection about the impasses that arise from these bioethical issues. As a qualitative-descriptive method and methodological guideline of the collective subject speech, 19 caregivers of terminal patients assisted at Samuel Libanio University Hospital in Pouso Alegre-MG were interviewed. From the research results it was possible to conclude that death still causes a lot of pain and sadness. It is in the context of bioethics that the caregiver takes the responsibility of taking care with great attention, compassion and solidarity, showing respect to human life and to the process of dying with dignity.