O Familiar envolvido no tratamento oncológico com os cuidados paliativos domiciliares

Abstract

This article is the result of a research performed for a master degree dissertation. The palliative care is a type of care that has been advancing in the last years even if the literature regarding its social aspects has not been evolving as fast. The main goal was to analyse the reality of the routine of the family member involved in the oncology palliative care, in order to understand how the families are dealing with it. in order to understand how the families are dealing with it. The methodology used was qualitative research, through bibliographic studies and interviews, based on the dialectical and historical materialsm method. We remarked that questions regarding the quality of the home care are complex and involve various factores such as: social class, feelings, family dynamics, team support and personal view of what death is.