Abstract
Objective: To describe the multidisciplinary staff’s perception about their experience in palliative care in the home care service. Methods: This is a qualitative descriptive research with a self-administered questionnaire with open-ended questions. The pieces of data were analyzed and compared according to the pertinent literature. Results: The sampling occurred with 17 professionals that were part of the multidisciplinary staff in palliative care. The participants received the abbreviation S (S1, S2, etc.), which refers to servers, and were classified according to the order of responses in the questionnaire. Based on the responses presented by the participants in this research, three thematic groups emerged: the perception the multidisciplinary team facing the finite process, the multidisciplinary staff facing the difficulties in providing palliative care and the importance of the family in providing palliative care. Conclusion: With this study, the researchers hope to contribute direct or indirectly in the improvements of the service, and make managers and professionals who are part of the team reflect on their professional performance with patients and enable the creation of strategies to deal with patients and their feelings regarding the process of finitude.