Analysis of the implementation of palliative care in pediatric oncology patients in terminal stages

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Gabriela Fernanda Ojeda Carche
Yolanda María Malavé Pérez
Eulalia Maribel Polo Martínez

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Introduction. Childhood cancer is one of the main causes of death in the world, this disease generates changes in the lifestyle of the child and the family, several spheres are affected after a diagnosis, for this reason the Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) arises with the purpose of attending the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of the oncologic child and his family. Objective. The aim of this study is to describe the implementation of palliative care in terminally ill pediatric oncology patients. Methodology. A descriptive systematic bibliographic review was carried out in the Scopus, Taylor & Francis, Web Of Science, ProQuest and PubMed databases, the selected articles were subjected to inclusion and exclusion criteria and were reflected by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method, obtaining 19 articles as a result of the purification. Results. The studies reflect the clinical, emotional, spiritual, and social alterations presented by pediatric oncology patients after their diagnosis, and the different medical, psychological, social, and spiritual interventions conducted by the professionals, as well as the benefits at the emotional, behavioral, spiritual, social, biological, and family levels. Conclusion. The research analyzed focuses on the physiological level and, to a lesser extent, on psychological, social, or spiritual intervention. Multidisciplinary care is the scarcity of specialized personnel, observing that psychological care is often addressed by professionals from other health areas such as doctors, nurses, etc., a comparable situation is observed in the social and spiritual area.

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Ojeda Carche, G. F., Malavé Pérez, Y. M., & Polo Martínez, E. M. (2023). Analysis of the implementation of palliative care in pediatric oncology patients in terminal stages. ConcienciaDigital, 6(3.1), 90-116. https://doi.org/10.33262/concienciadigital.v6i3.1.2661
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