I fought the good fight. I finished the race. I kept the faith

Palliative care is given by a multiprofessional team to promote the quality of life of patients and their family when facing diseases that threaten the continuity of life. As a part of these teams, occupationaltherapists develop their actions aiming at the production of meanings and sustaining the l...

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Autores: Nascimento, Nathalie da Costa, Delboni, Miriam Cabrera Corvelo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM)
Repositorio:Revista Bioética (online)
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/2443
Acceso en línea:https://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/revista_bioetica/article/view/2443
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Occupational therapy. Palliative care. Activities of daily living.
Terapia ocupacional. Cuidados paliativos. Actividades cotidianas.
Terapia ocupacional. Cuidados paliativos. Atividades cotidianas.
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Sumario:Palliative care is given by a multiprofessional team to promote the quality of life of patients and their family when facing diseases that threaten the continuity of life. As a part of these teams, occupationaltherapists develop their actions aiming at the production of meanings and sustaining the lives of patients. From literature on palliative care, occupational therapy and bioethics as the theoretical framework, this article reports the care experience of a patient under palliative care in a hospital context. The objective is to promote occupational therapy as a crucial part of palliative care for cancer patients, considering that, in a context of hardships and limitations caused by advanced stages of this disease, the reported interventions were effective. The patient was able to find a path that provided meaning to their life story.