‘Death Café’: perceptions of university students and professors about death and the finitude of life            /               ‘Death Café’: percepções de estudantes e professores universitários sobre morte e finitude de vida

Fernando Ribeiro dos Santos; Lucimeire Aparecida da Silva; Dulce  Dirclair Huf Bais; Adailson  da Silva Moreira; Fabiana  Bolela; Juliana  Dias Reis Pessalacia

doi:10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v15.12222

Authors

Fernando Ribeiro dos Santos Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8913-5205
Lucimeire Aparecida da Silva Federal University of Dourados Region https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9571-7578
Dulce Dirclair Huf Bais Federal University of Paraná https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4150-5673
Adailson da Silva Moreira Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2680-8919
Fabiana Bolela University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1199-6205
Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0468-2283

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v15.12222

Keywords:

DEATH, PALLITIVE CARE, TEACHING, UNIVERSITY, LOGOTHERAPY

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to identify the perceptions of students and university professors in the health area about death and the finitude of life, after participating in a “Death Café” type activity. Method: Descriptive research, with a clinical-qualitative approach, carried out with 17 university students and 6 professors in which content analysis was used as a method of data analysis. The results were discussed from the point of view of logotherapy. Results: four categories emerged: Quality of life and death, Death and transcendence, End-of-life preferences and Breaking taboos. Conclusion: there was a change in the participants' understanding of the meaning of life and death at the end of the proposed activity.

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Author Biographies

Fernando Ribeiro dos Santos, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Graduating in Medicine from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (Campus Três Lagoas).

Lucimeire Aparecida da Silva, Federal University of Dourados Region

Physiotherapist from Faculdade da Alta Paulista (2007). Currently studying Medicine at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (2022 - current).

Dulce Dirclair Huf Bais, Federal University of Paraná

Associate professor at the Federal University of Paraná.

Adailson da Silva Moreira, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

PhD in Clinical Psychology from PUC-SP. Associate Professor I at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Três Lagoas-MS - Brazil.

Fabiana Bolela, University of São Paulo

PhD in Nursing from the University of São Paulo. Professor at the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing (EERP-USP), Ribeirão Preto-SP- Brazil.

Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

PhD in Nursing from the School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto (EERP-USP). Associate Professor II at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Três Lagoas-MS- Brazil.

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