The care in death situations

some reflections

Abstract

The perceptions about death and die have changed trough history, at first it was a pacific and wished experience but became a full of angst possibility, a situation that have to be avoid desperately. At this context, the health professionals have a great responsibility in promoting discussions and reflections about this question, trying to offer an authentic care, engaged whit the human being in his plenitude. This article has the purpose of discussing, based on Heidegger phenomenology, the death theme as a part of human existence, considering the necessity to understand the care practices and the ways of human relationships looking for enabling health workers to share with patients this existential moment that must to be lived with dignity.