Abstract It was developed a qualitative study applying the method of life history. The aim was to understand the mother’s perception of hospitalized children at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The participants were 26 women whose children were hospitalized in the PICU at one Federal Hospital, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The mothers’ life history evidenced that they went through a hard and conflictive experience. They showed characteristic phases like the struggle on cope with fatal disease, such as […]
