A elaboração do luto nos profissionais da saúde: desdobramentos em tempos pandêmicos.
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ABSTRACT
The article aims to understand the grief experience of health professionals facing the loss of
their patients during the pandemic of COVID-19 and investigate possible reverberations. Field
research was conducted in a reference hospital of the public health network of the State of
Ceará. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 04 professionals of different categories
who worked in the 'COVID ICU'. The collected material was analyzed according to Michel
Pêcheux's Discourse Analysis. As the main results evidenced with the help of the Gestalt
therapy principles, we can highlight obstacles when approaching the theme, rationalization in
the affection of the team-patient relationship, and identity assimilation as a conditioner of
suffering. It is necessary to develop mental health interventions pertinent to this reality of
specific manifestations and experiences of mourning, as well as to address mental health in their
undergraduate courses so that this theme can be faced with less discomfort by health
professionals in their work process.
Keywords: Health professional. Mourning. COVID-19. Death.