Abstract
ObjectiveTo conduct a systematic review of the literature on the palliative care intervention in the far-advanced patient with haematological malignancies. Material and methodWe carried out a systematic search of articles in PubMed and Cochrane, from 1 January 2001 to 1t May 2009, published in Spanish or English, and using “Haematology, Palliative Care, Dying, Death, Supporting Team, advanced Malignancies, Prognosis”. Websites and Palliative and Haematology journals and books were also searched. We included papers with an abstract providing information of palliative care intervention in patients with far-advanced haematological malignancies. Papers dealing with tumour treatment or prognosis were excluded. ResultsSixteen papers were acceptable for full reading and assessment. Two categories of works could be differentiated; one regarding the clinical characteristics of the patients, and a second lot of papers devoted to the professional, and patient/families experiences with the disease at the end of life. ConclusionsInformation provided by the review gave us little and heterogeneous information. Thus there is a great need for the patients and families living with the last stages of haematological malignancy. Further studies are needed.
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