Browsing by Author "Flechas Becerra, Laura Isabel"
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Item Consciencia de muerte en pacientes en estado terminal; rol del Psicólogo en el área de cuidados paliativos(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Flechas Becerra, Laura Isabel; Torres, Joan Manuel (Director)The purpose of this study is to explore some of the functions that the professional has in psychology as part of the interdisciplinary palliative care team, more specifically, the intervention of patients in terminal condition aimed at promoting a state of consciousness about his own death. This research is presented under a qualitative model following a descriptive study. Additionally, it has a documentary design, which relies on sources of bibliographic and archival nature in order to search for necessary information to understand the studied phenomenon that is, in this case, the role of the psychologist in the context of palliative care, taking in consideration that the patient, become aware of his impending death, he may experience unfavorable symptoms at the psychic and emotional damage to their mental health, so it is essential to accompaniment in the acceptance of his own finitude as a natural process of life. In which case the accompaniment can be carried out from different approaches; emphasis is placed on proposal of humanistic psychology based on existentialist and phenomenological principles, according to which, one of the fundamental functions of the psychologist would be to contribute to coping of the anxiety associated with death, encouraging to take the responsibility and the increase of the creative capacities during this phase for closing unfinished business, as well as for the awareness of the body and the senses, in search of the patient's well-being for face this situation at the individual and family level.