Death and subjectivity: reflections about the formation of the professionals in health

In this paper the importance of overcoming the positivist positions in the academic training of the health professionals is pointed out, and focused specifically on the case of nursery. It is considered that through the critical reading of the epistemology of the social sciences is possible to extend the research field and integrate new considerations from the object and the subject as well. In this way and through the experiences of three nurses related to death and disease cases, this article intends to show the convergence of the subjective and social facts in the existential dynamics of a subject, having concluded on the relevance of approaching systematically these aspects in the academic and professional training.