Relevância da espiritualidade do paciente do ponto de vista de médicos de um hospital de urgências de Sergipe

Abstract

This article analyzes the medical opinion regarding the importance of approaching patients' spirituality when in clinical practice, recognizing the profile of the physicians who do it, evaluating the possible difficulties encountered for this and the professionals' knowledge about the subject. The present study seeks to facilitate this approach by understanding the issues presented above. The information collected was given through questionnaires applied to 93 doctors of the Emergency Hospital of Sergipe (HUSE), located in Aracaju.The results demonstrated that young physicians are usually less spiritualized, and doctor’s own spirituality influences the initiative to talk about the issue with their patients. In addition, most of the physicians interviewed believe that patient's spirituality influences his morbidity and mortality, and that by supporting the spiritual sphere, the professional contributes positively to the individual's prognosis.Despite such results, it is well known from the literature that most doctors still do not take responsibility for dealing with spiritual issues of their patients. In order to change this scenario, some interventions are necessary, such as greater preparation of the clinical staff through training that starts from medical schools