Abstract
This study aims at comprehending the social representations of death and the understanding of this knowledge built in professional practice experienced by a multidisciplinary team of palliative care. In total, 20 professionals of a multidisciplinary team of Palliative Care participated in this study, who worked there for at least 6 months in the team and who agreed to participate in the study. This is a qualitative approach research with case study design. The data collection was conducted using individual in-depth interviews. The data were analyzed using the content analysis of categorical type, with the support of the software Atlas.ti. The participants understand death as part of the life process, but which generates losses. Evidences were found that the social representation of death is under transformation, because the exchanging and sharing of experiences with the members of the multidisciplinary team, guided by the palliative philosophy, make the professionals to question themselves about their way of facing death.
Keywords:
Social Representations; Death; Palliative Care