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In an intensive care unit environment (ICU), healthcare professionals live in straight contact with critically ill patients and their relatives, also continuously dealing with the presence of biotechnological support to vital organs, possibilities of life maintenance, and coping with death. Given this reality, deep emotional tensions arise from expectations and frustrations stemming from the daily fight against the supposed enemy – human finitude. However, throughout the process of qualification of the different intensive care therapy professionals, the absence of any approach from various disciplines to discuss cognitive and affective aspects related to the process of death is evidenced. Even if the reflection about the factors involved in the best preparation to cope with death is encouraged by many authors, it is undeniable that health training institutions still struggle to take over an educational commitment with this subject. Such reality evidences the lack of appropriate repertoire to deal with decisions inherent to the performance of healthcare professionals: the determination of who lies on a bed, of those who live or die corresponds to ethical dilemmas to be addressed. That entails a multidisciplinary discussion, both in health training institutions and in healthcare work environments - which explains the growing presence of psychology and mental healthcare professionals in ICUs - making room for talking about death with healthcare team members who often deal with feelings of loss, pain, and failure, but also with patients and their relatives. In this scenario, it is possible to realize the importance, complexity and specificity of situations experienced by healthcare professionals and patients within an ICU context. The systematization of discussions related to death can be an effective alternative to articulate hands-on experiences with personal and professional perspectives from physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, among others, who witness or will witness the complex death of human beings.

Terminalidade humana na UTI: reflexões sobre a formação profissional e ética diante da finitude