Objective:
To know the discourses about spirituality and religiosity that circulate in books on Palliative Care, and to learn how these devices operate, producing truths.
Methods:
This is a textual analysis that proposes to make an approach to the field of Cultural Studies. The corpus of analysis consists of six books and a manual. The data collection was performed by the interested reading of these books. To perform the analysis, we rely on Foucault's reference, so we use his understanding of discourse, power and government.
Results:
The research highlights the Palliative Care books as important media artifacts that provide circulation of discourses that are considered true.
Conclusion:
The books indicate advantages of be religious and/or spiritualized. We observe people's government through religion and spirituality, in order to drive their behaviors and to influence their mode of being and acting.
Religion; Spirituality; Hospice Care; Nursing