A família e o familiar cuidador de pacientes fora de possibilidades terapêuticas: uma revisão integrativa

Juliana Fiorim da Encarnação; Adriano Luiz da Costa Farinasso

doi:10.5433/1679-0367.2014v35n1p137

The family and the family caregiver of patients beyond cure: an integrative review

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Juliana Fiorim da Encarnação Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL
Adriano Luiz da Costa Farinasso Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2014v35n1p137

Keywords:

Family, Palliative care, Terminal care, Psychological stress

Abstract

This article aims to identify the impact of emotional repercussions related to therapeutic failure reporting the feelings experienced and the grief process experienced by family considering the Latin American publications about this theme. This is an integrative literature research performed by existing articles in the databases of the Virtual Health Library – LILACS and SciELO. The sample consisted of articles dating from 2003 to 2013 containing the keywords: family, palliative care, terminal illness and psychological aspects. The 21 articles analyzed that when one of the subjects met up with an incurable illness, the need for family reorganization is evident and to face a terminal illness a family caregiver often becomes responsible for the patient suffering impacts. Under these conditions, family and caregiver react, suffering, facing situations that affect life in personal, emotional, social and financial aspects. These results emphasize the importance of the health team turn their attention to the family in this period to give rise to the fewest possible losses.

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Author Biographies

Juliana Fiorim da Encarnação, Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL

Student of the Specialization Course in Mental Health at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)

Adriano Luiz da Costa Farinasso, Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL

Doctor in Science of Health. Associate professor of Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL

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2014-06-17

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Encarnação JF da, Farinasso AL da C. The family and the family caregiver of patients beyond cure: an integrative review. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 17 [cited 2025 Feb. 16];35(1):137-48. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/16076

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Vol. 35 No. 1 (2014)

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Artigos de Revisão

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