This study aims to: discuss the relation of the patient's confrontation on hemodialysis in terms of possibilities for nursing care. Adopted as a theoretical reference the vision of the individual and systemic concepts of confrontation. The path traveled was the methodology of qualitative research, using the basic principles of Grounded Theory. The scenario of the study was an association of kidney and transplanted from Rio de Janeiro State. The participants of the research subjects were dependent on dialysis involved in this association. To rescue the data were taken by participant observation and semi-structured in depth. The information was analyzed, considering the basic procedures relevant to Grounded Theory: open coding, coding axial and coding selective. Among many things, the study points to the relationship of interdependence of knowledge and sensitivity to ensure that the care provided is based on the systemic view of the individual.
Patient-centered care; Renal Dialysis; Nursing care
