Assistência multiprofissional nos cuidados paliativos para pacientes da oncologia

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Palliative care was initiated with the aim of providing relief from human suffering. This includes the multidisciplinary team that is responsible for individually analyzing each case and developing a therapeutic plan that alleviates the suffering of cancer patients. OBJECTIVES: To describe the difficulties encountered in multidisciplinary assistance in palliative care for terminal oncology patients and point out main strategies. METHODOLOGY: This was an exploratory bibliographic review, searching the LILACS, National Library of Medicine – MEDLINE, Scientific Electronic Library online databases, with 16 articles published in Portuguese. RESULTS: The lack of adequate training during graduation highlights that professionals gain experience when they find themselves in situations that require palliative care, thus leading to another point of difficulty, which is the feeling of frustration when a patient is lost. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that the palliative care health team allows the fulfillment of the offer of quality of life and dignity at the end of life, in addition to promoting pain control and relief, patient safety and assistance by the team.