HOSPICE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS CANCER

Abstract

Cancer is a chronic progressive degenerative disease characterized by abnormal and / or accelerated growth of cells that undergo several changes during the process of mitosis and meiosis. It is the second leading cause of death worldwide, and despite scientific and technological have favored the development and improvement of the treatment of this pathology, showing a higher survival and healing in cancer patients as well as significant improvement in the level of quality of life improvements. This study’s general objective is to identify the cancer patients received some form of palliative care for the relief of symptoms associated with cancer and aimed at verifying with patients for signs and symptoms associated with pathology; assess whether the signs and symptoms presented cause some kind of physical limitation; identify the type of intervention by health professionals in the presence of symptoms, and assess the impact of palliative care on quality of life of the patient. The methodology used in the research had a qualitative approach with descriptive exploratory nature, where the subjects were 20 patients who were followed at the home of Love in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia during this period. As results found in the present study there was a higher frequency of males (55%) aged between 62 and 76 years, all literate. Therefore, the nursing process need further grounding, reflection on the objects and models, determination in the pursuit of improved tools for collecting