Total pain and comfort theory: implications in the care to patients in oncology palliative care

Total pain and comfort theory: implications in the care to patients in oncology palliative care

ABSTRACT Objective: To reflect on the possible connections between Katharine Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort and Cicely Saunders’s concept of Total Pain and the implications to the care of the oncology palliative care patient. Method: Theoretical reflection based on a literature review carried...

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Main Authors: Maria Cristina Freitas de Castro, Patrícia dos Santos Claro Fuly, Mauro Leonardo Salvador Caldeira dos Santos, Marléa Crescêncio Chagas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2021-12-01
Series:Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Subjects:
Nursing care
Patient comfort
Hospice care
Palliative care
Pain
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