Concepção de morte na pandemia: um comparativo entre filhos de profissionais da saúde e filhos de profissionais de outras áreas

Abstract

Knowing the influence that the work of parents can exert on the development and quality of life of their children and considering the context of the pandemic of COVID-19, the emotional burden of health professionals and the taboo about the topic of death, the present study proves to be important and pertinent. Thus, its objective was to analyze the conception and representation of death during the pandemic by children of both health professionals and professionals from other areas. It consisted on a field study, descriptive, exploratory, with qualitative analysis of the data, carried out through the application of closed questionnaires with questions about the demographic sample with the children and their respective guardians and semi-structured interviews about their conception of death. The results showed a satisfactory understanding of death and conception of life. It was concluded that there is no apparent difference in the understanding of death between children of health professionals and children of professionals from other areas