BIOÉTICA E CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS: DESAFIOS PARA O ENSINO E FORMAÇÃO DE PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE

Objective: To know, through an integrative literature review, the challenges for the teaching of bioethics and palliative care (PC) in the training of health professionals at the national level. Methods: This is an integrative literature review, carried out by original and complete articles available online published in the following databases: Virtual Health Library (VHL), Online Scientific Electronic Library (SciELO) and the Journals portal of the Coordination of Improvement Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) – CAPES periodicals, published in the last five years, corresponding to the period from 2017 to 2021 and in portuguese. Results: 10 articles were included in the final study sample. two thematic categories, entitled: Category 1 – Challenges of inserting bioethics and palliative care in the process of training health professionals and Category 2 – Knowledge of undergraduates and recent graduates about palliative care at graduation. It was observed that, in Brazil, the teaching of PC is still small in the curriculum of undergraduate courses in Medicine. Generally, when offered, they are inserted as part of content in other major areas. In Nursing, the discipline with punctual progress is already observed. noting that, the lack of knowledge of the subject even in the graduation makes the practice in health harmful, hindering the professional-patient-family relationship. Final considerations: The results showed that the teaching of Palliative Care during graduation has little expression in undergraduate medical curricula, with evidence of the absence of the mandatory or optional discipline of Palliative Care and, with advancement in nursing.