Palliative care to the cancer patient: reflections according to Paterson and Zderad's view

Authors

  • Míria Conceição Lavinas Santos National Institute of Cancer
  • Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca Federal University of Ceará
  • Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes Federal University of Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000200024

Keywords:

neoplasms, hospice care

Abstract

This reflective study presents the approach of the Nursing Palliative Care to the cancer patient without therapeutic possibility according to the Paterson and Zderad's Humanistic Nursing Theory. The palliative care aims to provide the patient without therapeutic possibility and his family better quality of life. When the nurse, in addition to delivering palliative care to the cancer patient, uses the Humanistic Theory, (s)he starts to recognize each person as a singular existence. This recognition permits one to understand the person's meaning in the process of his(er) disease.

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Published

2007-04-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Santos, M. C. L., Pagliuca, L. M. F., & Fernandes, A. F. C. (2007). Palliative care to the cancer patient: reflections according to Paterson and Zderad’s view. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(2), 350-354. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000200024