Abstract
to characterize publications about palliative care and communication, with an emphasis on the approaches addressed, disseminated in online journals. it is a scope review, in which the mnemonic strategy Problem, Concept and Context was used, based on database research. The sample consisted of 86 publications. most publications were written in the English language, published in the journal BMC Palliative Care, and with level of evidence IV. As for the approaches approached, the following stand out: Importance of communication in palliative care; Breaking the bad news in palliative care; Training professionals/staff to communicate in palliative care; and Communication strategies in palliative care. the review made it possible to map a significant number of publications on palliative care and communication. It is recommended to produce new studies with better scientific evidence that guide the assistance of health professionals.
Highlights
METHODSKnowledge in the area of palliative care has evolved exponentially, which may be linked to the advancement of Science, and to the search for a more individualized view of the patient, in addition to his/her illness, considering all its complexity[1]
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families, who face problems associated with diseases chronic, progressive and incurable, from early identification, correct assessment and treatment of pain, and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems[2]
The following publications deserve special mention: Nursing Care in HealthcareAssociated Infections: A Scoping Review[9]; Community interventions related to intimate partner violence among adolescents: scope review[10]; Health professionals’ practices related with tourniquet use during peripheral venipuncture: a scoping review[11]; Nursing Interventions in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery®: Scoping Review[12]; and The scenario of scientific publication on palliative care in oncology over the last 5 years: a scoping review[13]
Summary
METHODSKnowledge in the area of palliative care has evolved exponentially, which may be linked to the advancement of Science, and to the search for a more individualized view of the patient, in addition to his/her illness, considering all its complexity[1]. Controlling the symptoms that distress the patient, psychosocial and spiritual assistance and attention to family members, are the fundamental principles of palliative care, which go back to a type of care aimed at patients from the diagnosis of a progressive, advanced and incurable disease to the family’s mourning process[3] This care is supported by a relational process between the professional, the patient and the family, in order to minimize the problem of diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. For this reason, the assistance of the team to patients undergoing palliative care and their families requires professionals to use individualized care[4,5], who give positive responses, according to the need, conditions and the adherence of each person. In order to establish the relational process, it is imperative that professionals use communication
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