Oncology care humanization in adults: a scoping review protocol.

Abstract

Objective: The goal of this review is to identify and map health professionals' attitudes and behaviors that promote humanization of the care provided to adults with cancer, regardless of disease stage or treatment nature, in all health care provision contexts.

Introduction: In the challenging context of oncology care, it becomes imperative to adopt a humanized care paradigm. This paradigm should foster a relationship of respect and compassion between health professionals and people, and its interventions should be sensitive to their values, culture, and human dignity.

Inclusion criteria: Studies involving health professionals' attitudes and behaviors focused on promoting humanization of the health care provided to people with oncological diseases will be considered for this review.

Methods: This review will follow the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Publications will be identified via MEDLINE Complete, CINAHL Complete, MedicLatina, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Scopus, and Web of Science. Additionally, backward and forward citation searches will be conducted, as will a thorough investigation of the gray literature. The studies identified will be screened by 2 independent reviewers based on their title and abstract, and then reviewed at the full-text level. The data will be extracted using a tool developed by the authors. The results will be summarized and presented in tables accompanied by a narrative summary.

Review registration: Open Science Framework https://osf.io/56ev9/.