O papel do psicólogo hospitalar no contexto dos cuidados paliativos em casos oncológicos

Abstract

With the evolution of hospital psychology, the project aims to address care palliative measures in oncological cases, focusing on the role of the hospital psychologist in this context, using cognitive behavioral psychology. Since the set of more than 100 diseases, cancer represents the second leading cause of death in global level, so it is common for cancer patients to be referred to palliative care. For Saunders (1990), Silva and Hortale (2006), care Palliatives are an emerging modality of care at the end of life. As objective, Pessini (2002), brings the central concern to dignified death, having as There is a need for a multidisciplinary team made up of professionals who work and understand their limits, to achieve the objective. The psychologist works in psychic disorders that generate stress, depression and suffering, psychoeducating the patient and his family. We use the Cognitive Therapy approach Behavioral Therapy (CBT), developed by Aaron Beck. The role of the psychologist in hospital environment is to seek the patient's quality of life, alleviating their suffering, anxiety and depression that appear through the circumstances of death (LAMARCA, 2013), being an active agent on that occasion. The Psychologist The hospital has the responsibility to educate the patient and their family to acquire guidance and information through the process being experienced. He can use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, aiming to reorient the patient based on their values ​​and experience of events painful, bringing another meaning to that moment.