Palliative care for the child / oncological adolescent: narrative review
International Journal of Development Research
Palliative care for the child / oncological adolescent: narrative review
Received 04th February, 2019; Received in revised form 19th March, 2019; Accepted 21st April, 2019; Published online 30th May, 2019
Copyright © 2019, NASCIMENTO, Laís Caroline do et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To know what is in the national scientific literature on palliative care in pediatric oncology unit. Methodology: This is a narrative review, which gathers and summarizes the scientific knowledge produced by analyzing the results already disclosed in published studies. For this, the data were collected from August to October 2015, with the inclusion criteria for selection of articles match the proposed theme, available in full format in English, published from 2007 to 2013. The literature It was conducted by searching the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). From the following keywords: Palliative Care, Child / Youth, pediatric oncology. Results: From the selection were framed five articles, One of four LILACS and SciELO. Final Thoughts: Selected articles reinforce the disease changes the daily life of the child, the family and also the nurses, especially when the child's life prognosis is not favorable. Nursing cares not only for life, but also relieves the suffering of patients who no longer have a real chance of cure for their disease, through palliative care.
