The present study has the aim to understand the view of a multidisciplinary team as for the presence of family in the Units of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ICU). The research has had as a guide axis the qualitative approach. For the analysis and data interpretation, it has been opted for the content analysis. Data were collected in June of 2006, through a semi-structured interview with 25 professionals in action at the pediatric and neonatal Intensive Care Unit of two hospitals in the northwest area of Paraná State. From the statements of these professionals, the intimate conflict was revealed, lived by each one, regarding the presence of the family in the units. The first step for behavioral changing and better acceptance of parents in the ICU is sensitizing the professionals for the importance of the family into the child's life in moments of crisis, as well as in the hospitalization.
Child Care; Intensive Care Units; Professional-Family relations