<br/>ANGÚSTIA NA PROXIMIDADE DA MORTE, NA PESSOA COM DOR ONCOLÓGICA <br/>

Abstract

Objective: To understand the anguish arising from the proximity of death in the experi-ence of people with chronic cancer pain. Method: we used the qualitative method, and for data analysis we used phenomenology. The study subjects were ten cancer patients, followed by pain consultation. We used the partially structured interview as a data collection instrument. The research was appro-ved by the ULSBA Ethics Committee, EPE. Results: from the grouping of meaning units, the central themes emerged, one of the the-mes being: anguish in the proximity of death, in the person with cancer pain, from the grouping of meaning units for this theme. The main subtheme were: meaning of life/death. Conclusion: Getting sick by cancer reminds the patient that he is a Being-to-death and it is the understanding of finitude that can lead man to the discovery of Being. It is verified that each person gives a meaning to his death in function of the sense. that gives to your life, then it becomes necessary to give meaning to life in order to make sense of death. Keywords: Cancer pain; patients; death; stress, psychological.