AVELAR, M. A. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4087880696134190; AVELAR, Maria Aparecida Freire de.
Abstract:
The death doula is someone who knows and understands the physiology of the end-of-life and
death process, who respects and ensures the basic needs of the person who is in this stage of
life and, above all, respects the choices of this person and her family and friends, supporting
informed and conscious decisions. The objective of this study is to report the experience of
death doulaage of a patient based on Jean Watson's Theory of Human Care. This is an
experience report, of descriptive and qualitative nature of a doulage of death of a patient with
a diagnosis of Alzheimer's and clinical aggravation of an Ischemic Stroke (AVI), during the
period from November 2019 to March 2020. From the situations experienced, elements of the
Clinical Caritas Process were identified that cohere with the practices of death doulas in the
face of caring for people in human finitude. It is concluded that the process of death doulas
developed through the theory in question provided the researcher-caregiver with the ability to
accompany, welcome, support, comfort, guide, respect and offer the patient a good death. It is
believed that Jean Watson's Theory can serve as a theoretical reference for the scientific
support of the activities and services of death doulas.