Feelings, Reception and Humanization in Palliative Care to Children With Leukemia

Comfort as a result of nursing care: an integrative review

“…16 On the basis of the above, it is worth noting that the process of caring is not recognized only by curing or treating certain disease, but also by the comfort, support and attempt to reduce the suffering of patients and their families. 17 Presents itself as limitations of this study, that in few studies there was mention of theory of Comfort, i.e. articles cited the comfort, but not related to existing theoretical precepts.…”

Cuidados paliativos pediátricos: análise de estudos de enfermagem

“…17 The Brazilian Portuguese scientific literature points out that palliative care for the child is carried out to offering comfort, well-being, safety and quality improvement to a "good death" with measures that alleviate pain and suffering. 12,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] The lack of comfort comes from distressing symptoms and/or anxiety and fear, nursing actions include defining a locus of control, implementing rest measures such as high or low bedside, music, the presence of a particular person or object, among planning long-term actions. 30 It is extremely important to address the role of nursing in the child in palliative care that requires pain management and control of other symptoms since pain is one of the signs and symptoms that the cancer patient presents and reports the most.…”

Reflexiones sobre el escenario de la muerte en la perspectiva paliativa

“…O profissional, em sua prática clínica paliativa, no intuito de ajudar a pessoa enferma e seus familiares nesse momento, busca proporcionar-lhes um período de permanência seguro e confortável na instituição hospitalar (Soares et al, 2013).…”