A relação entre comunicações de noticiais difíceis e a elaboração do luto em contexto hospitalar

Abstract

The present work sought to identify the production of meanings in the relationship between communication of difficult news and the elaboration of mourning in a hospital context with the objective of identifying aspects of communication and dialogue of difficult news in the elaboration of mourning. Using a dialogic literature review, the work is based on the theoretical-methodological framework of the social constructionism movement that invites us to challenge the objective bases of conventional knowledge. It relied on the use of the VHL database to identify the references. The following descriptors were used: “Communication”, “Mourning” and “Hospital”, together with an information production strategy named snowball, consisting by references located by other means of organizing information. Through this search, it was possible to identify the communicational and dialogic processes of a difficult news in the hospital context and how they impact positively or negatively in the elaboration and experience of mourning. The results reinforce the importance of continuing studies, research and sensitivities in this area, as it is of current relevance to the academic field and the social environment.