“Vi jobbar väldigt lite med själva döden, vi jobbar mycket mer med livet” : En kvalitativ studie om hur kuratorer som arbetar med avancerad sjukvård i hemmet (ASIH) ser på sin roll som kurator samt påverkas av det emotionella arbetet

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze how counsellors in palliative care view their role as a counsellor and how they are affected by the emotional labor. The study is based on qualitative interviews with six counsellors that work in palliative care and a thematic analysis was used to analyze the interviews. The study is conducted in order to gain an understanding of how the counsellors view their professional role in the advanced healthcare at the home in palliative care as well as the impact the work has on the counsellors and what methods and support is available. Role theory and Hochschild's theory of emotional labor was used to analyze the result. The result shows that counsellors are secure in their role as a counsellor and that they find support in their colleagues and management. They handle their emotions by separating their personal selves from their professional selves. A big workload was among the things that was seen as a challenge. The things that the counsellors found giving with their work were satisfaction and excitement.