This paper aimed at the analysis of inter-professional relationships, using as reference the clinical protocol applied in pediatric intensive care units. The study used qualitative methods based on observation, fourteen professional interviews and foucaultian discourse analysis. Data showed that the clinical protocols were able to regulate professional relationships but did not ensure inter-professional integration. The results indicate that traditional clinical practice hampers the ability to face the subjective dimension of suffering and death, thus producing conflicts, perfectionism and blaming. Before conflicts, the multidisciplinary palliative care protocols could help the building an integrated and ethic team.
Interprofessional relations; Intensive Care Units; Pediatric; Protocols