Justino ET, Kasper M, Santos KDS, Quaglio RDC, Fortuna CM. Palliative care in primary health care: scoping review.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 2020;
28:e3324. [PMID:
32609270 PMCID:
PMC7332247 DOI:
10.1590/1518-8345.3858.3324]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
to map the available evidence on the main topics investigated in palliative care in primary health care.
METHOD
scoping review type study carried out in five databases, including original articles, based on the descriptors palliative care, palliative care at the end of life, terminal care, terminal state, primary health care and their respective acronyms and synonyms, totaling 18 publications. The extraction of data from primary studies was performed using an instrument produced by the authors and which allowed the construction of the categories presented.
RESULTS
18 publications were included in this review. Among the most studied themes are the difficulties of the teams regarding the continuity of care in the health network; the importance of in-service education by the multidisciplinary team; professional unpreparedness; bioethics; the validation and application of scales for prognosis and care for some pathologies such as cancer and diabetes; among others.
CONCLUSION
it became evident that palliative care in primary health care has been gradually developed, but it is necessary to consider the organization of primary health care and the social policies that support or weaken it, being considered a complex challenge.
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