Desafios éticos na atenção de mulheres adolescentes em questões da homossexualidade

Abstract

Adolescence is a period of intense physical, mental, behavioral and sexual changes. Thus, the present study aims to evaluate the ethical challenges in the care of homosexual adolescents. It consisted of two stages: the first was the retrospective evaluation, with data from electronic medical records, of two cases of female adolescents, homosexuals attended at the Infanto-Puberal Ambulatory of the Hospital Regional Leste, of the State Department of Health of the Federal District, producing with it, one of the medical narrative of the feelings and experiences awakened during these consultations in the researcher. This first stage constituted an important moment in the research contributing to the development of the work in the focus group. This focus group, as a qualitative methodological strategy, was the second stage of the research and carried out with the residents of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Hospital Regional Leste, to identify the difficulties, facilities and feelings generated during these visits to professionals who are in training. Thus, there was the evaluation of the care of homosexual adolescents using the principles of Bioethics, reinforcing the importance of care with the criteria of beneficence, nonmalfeasance, justice and autonomy and, because it is a teaching hospital, the research was expanded to record the impressions raised during the attendance of them in residents, as a way to promote the formation of professionals in a more humanized and with respect to the differences. It is an intriguing and current theme, as it portrays a reality of care in care, establishing a relationship of trust between the professional and the patient