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Víctor Landa, Jesús García
Asumiendo que muertes más saludables se asocian a duelos más saludables, se propuso el documento de voluntades anticipadas (DVA) como una herramienta de promoción de la salud en muerte y duelo. Se accedió a la población general, por medio de cuatro asociaciones comunitarias, convocando a personas que deseaban realizar el DVA, y a los profesionales sanitarios, a través de dos equipos de cuidados paliativos y cinco centros de salud, con el objetivo de informarles y ‘aprender haciendo’. Se organizaron grupos y se hicieron dos sesiones con cada uno, para presentar el DVA y formalizarlo. En población general, en un año, participaron 111 personas en 10 grupos y formalizaron el DVA 102 (92%). En el sistema sanitario, en seis meses, colaboraron 140 profesionales en 7 grupos. Se concluye que es posible difundir el DVA en población general por medio de asociaciones comunitarias y queda por dilucidar el papel del sistema sanitario.
Basing ourselves on the assumption that healthy deaths are associated with healthy grieving processes, we proposed using Advance Directives (ADs) as a tool to promote health in death and grief. The sample from the general population for the study was recruited through four community associations, from which we convened people who wished to make an AD. The sample from health professionals was collected through two palliative care teams and five health centres, with the stated objective of informing them about ADs and to ‘learn by doing’. These samples were put into groups and two sessions were held with each group: one session was to present ADs and the other was to formalize them. In one year, 111 people from 10 groups from the general population participated, and 102 (92%) of those formalized an AD. In six months, 140 professionals from seven groups from the health system collaborated. We conclude that disseminating ADs in a general population is possible through community associations and that the role played by the health system is yet to be clarified.
