[Presence of the sacred in a critical moment: internment in an unit of intensive therapy].
It is had as purpose understands the given meaning, for the patient, to the sacred object in a moment of internment in Unit of Intensive Therapy. Stands out forms of expression of the sacred in a critical instant in which the man in state of physical-emotional fragility, looks for answers transcendental front the anguish of the disease and of dying. The sacred is a trick of the religion through which the man tends taking refuge of the installed chaos. The presence of the sacred object, close to the patient, represents an event of immeasurable cultural meaning, being revealed in a supra-natural entail of which exhales hope, safety, help, comfort and, even, company.
de Batista
Miranildes Abreu
MA
Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade Paulista, GO. miranildesbatista@hotmail.com
D003422:Critical Care; D003643:Death; D006801:Humans; D012067:Religion