scholarly journals Cuidados paliativos una herramienta para estudiantes de enfermería y garantía de la dignidad humana

Author(s):  
María Magdalena Alvarado Acevedo1 ◽  
Evelyn Yesenia Cruz Palacios2 ◽  
Estela de Jesús Alvarado Guardado3
Keyword(s):  

La enfermería tiene su razón de ser en el cuidado a la persona y al realizar cuidados paliativos se necesita de profesionales con conocimientos especializados y un alto grado de calidez humana que le permita dar un soporte al paciente y familia en la etapa terminal de la enfermedad. Desde este enfoque, se puede determinar el impacto que tiene el conocimiento especializado que se debe adquirir desde la formación de los estudiantes de enfermería, quienes se convierten en profesionales que prestan sus servicios en diferentes instituciones del sector salud público o privado. Se investigó, desde el contexto salvadoreño, el conocimiento sobre cuidados paliativos de los estudiantes de 5° año de Licenciatura en Enfermería de la Universidad Católica de El Salvador, limitando la muestra al Centro Regional de Ilobasco, considerando que es el único centro educativo de nivel superior de la zona paracentral donde se forman profesionales en enfermería íntimamente relacionada a los cuidados directos del paciente. El propósito del estudio fue identificar conocimientos en estudiantes de enfermería sobre el tipo de pacientes que requieren cuidados paliativos. En consecuencia, la investigación es un precedente importante para realizar esfuerzos para justificar una reforma a la malla curricular de la carrera de licenciatura en enfermería e incorporar como asignatura del área. especializada de enfermería, en la cual, se aborde el contenido de cuidados paliativos de forma holística, humanitaria y que promueva una atención digna en la etapa final de la vida.

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-101
Author(s):  
PETER M. SANCHEZ

AbstractThis paper examines the actions of one Salvadorean priest – Padre David Rodríguez – in one parish – Tecoluca – to underscore the importance of religious leadership in the rise of El Salvador's contentious political movement that began in the early 1970s, when the guerrilla organisations were only just beginning to develop. Catholic leaders became engaged in promoting contentious politics, however, only after the Church had experienced an ideological conversion, commonly referred to as liberation theology. A focus on one priest, in one parish, allows for generalisation, since scores of priests, nuns and lay workers in El Salvador followed the same injustice frame and tactics that generated extensive political mobilisation throughout the country. While structural conditions, collective action and resource mobilisation are undoubtedly necessary, the case of religious leaders in El Salvador suggests that ideas and leadership are of vital importance for the rise of contentious politics at a particular historical moment.


2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.


2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-291
Author(s):  
Manuel A. Vasquez ◽  
Anna L. Peterson

In this article, we explore the debates surrounding the proposed canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken defender of human rights and the poor during the civil war in El Salvador, who was assassinated in March 1980 by paramilitary death squads while saying Mass. More specifically, we examine the tension between, on the one hand, local and popular understandings of Romero’s life and legacy and, on the other hand, transnational and institutional interpretations. We argue that the reluctance of the Vatican to advance Romero’s canonization process has to do with the need to domesticate and “privatize” his image. This depoliticization of Romero’s work and teachings is a part of a larger agenda of neo-Romanization, an attempt by the Holy See to redeploy a post-colonial and transnational Catholic regime in the face of the crisis of modernity and the advent of postmodern relativism. This redeployment is based on the control of local religious expressions, particularly those that advocate for a more participatory church, which have proliferated with contemporary globalization


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