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 is imperative to adopt a humanized care paradigm. This paradigm should foster a relationship of respect and compassion between health professionals and people with oncological disease, and interventions should be sensitive to their values, culture, and human dignity.

Eligibility criteria: Sources involving health professionals' attitudes and behaviors focused on promoting humanization of the health care provided to adults with oncological diseases, across the disease continuum, will be considered for this review. Eligible sources will explore humanized care as an approach that incorporates the following attributes: integrity, excellence, compassion and collaboration, altruism, respect and resilience, empathy, and service.

Methods: This review will follow the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Publications will be identified via MEDLINE Complete, CINAHL Complete, MedicLatina, and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (all via EBSCOhost); Scopus; and Web of Science. Additionally, backward and forward citation searches will be conducted, as will a thorough investigation of gray literature in Science.gov and MedNar. The studies identified will be screened by 2 reviewers independently based on the 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: OSF https://osf.io/56ev9/.