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IMPACTO PSICOLÓGICO DEL PACIENTE CON CÁNCER
Authors: Noval González, A
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Introduction: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. This disease has a great impact on the patient and his environment, not only physically, but also psychologically, due to the diversity of types of cancer that exist. It involves multidisciplinary work integrating commitment, dedication and interaction.
Objective: The objective of this work is to know and evaluate the psychological impact of the patient and his family, as well as to implant techniques to face this situation.
Methodology: The bibliographic search was carried out from October 2021 to February 2022 using electronic databases such as PubMed, Medline, Elsevier and Scielo and evidence-based journals such as Cochrane, to access through them recent publications of scientific studies on cancer, mostly published from 2016 onwards.
Development: Oncological disease has an enormous impact on the patient and on his or her family and social environment, which is in danger. It has been seen that emotional responses vary depending on certain factors: The stage of the disease process in which the patient is located, personal and family circumstances at the time of diagnosis, the previous experience of the patient with such pathology, the support systems they have, the treatments administered, etc. We will implement various techniques to cover every emotion that this entails.
Conclusions: The importance of knowing and evaluating individually how the disease affects the patient and his whole environment. Each person has a way of facing it, each one lives each stage in his own way and must know how to support him. Continuity of care should be ensured by coordinating the different levels of care within a framework that promotes the active participation of the patient/family unit.