Background: Coping is essential to manage palliative care professionals’ challenges. The focus has been on the effects of coping mechanism; however, little is known about coping itself in palliative care. Aim: To synthesise evidence of coping strategies in palliative care professionals, and how different strategies play roles over time. Design: Systematically conducted integrative review.Data sources: PubMed; C...
Background: Family members are involved in the care of palliative patients at home and therefore, should be viewed as important sources of information to help clinicians better understand the quality palliative care service patients receive. The objective of the study was to analyse what is valued most by family carers undergoing bereavement of a palliative care home service in order to identify factors of qual...
«Exposição Ocupacional a Ruído e Vibrações na Construção Civil» é um estudo pertinente e actual que vem ao encontro desse objectivo, ao caracterizar a exposição ao ruído e às vibrações transmitidas ao sistema mão-braço dos operadores de martelos de punção no sector da construção. Os autores realizam uma análise dos riscos que envolvem estes operadores, tendo em vista a promoção de medidas de segurança e saúde n...