Abstract

MEDEIROS, Luciana Antonieta  and  LUSTOSA, Maria Alice. The difficult task of talk about death in hospital. Rev. SBPH [online]. 2011, vol.14, n.2, pp. 203-227. ISSN 1516-0858.

This wok aims to study the possibilities to help the family at the moment of notification of death, and the difficulties of professionals to talk about it. It will be present the transformation of death in a taboo issue, the emotional aspects of family, and how professionals deal with this subject, by the view of heath psychologists.

Keywords : Death; Family; Health professionals; Heath psychologist.

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