Cancer and children: a family impact

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Vinicius dias
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Silva, Giovanna Ferreira, Bastos, Iasmym Souza, Nunes Lopes, Joao Vitor, Nascimento e Silva, Carla Taynah, Roque, Elen Lorena Lopes Silva, Lima, Ana Clara Macedo, Silva, Gabrielle Ferreira, da Silva, Rannia Sthafany Corrêa, Durães, Renata Ribeiro, Bizerra, Leonardo Pereira, Fonseca, Raquel Ledres, da Silva, Mayara Cantuária, Silva, Otávio Daniel, de Souza, Robson Rocha, Moura, Jordanna Lays Freitas, Gomes, Erida Diamany de Oliveira, Melo, Silvana Rodrigues, Afonso, Mariely Rodrigues, Silveira, Caroline Alves, Cunha, Saulo Daniel Mendes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/346
• topic: Luto; Câncer infantil.; Grief. Childhood cancer. Family impact.

The aim of this work is a bibliographic review concerning the children living with cancer and their family, in order to identify the themes that have been already studied and to understand the impact on the family during the phases of childhood cancer. The information acquisition was based on documents from the Ministry of Health and on scientific studies available on the following databases: the Google Scholar, the Health virtual Library, the Scielo, the CAPES Journals, the MEDLINE, the LILACS and the Cochrane. The choice of the documents and journals was mainly justified by its link with the childhood health theme. The systematic of the studies research covered the period from 1999 to 2015. The keywords used for the research’s strategy were: childhood health, childhood cancer, family caregivers and grief. The results were presented in three themes: childhood cancer impact on the family, adaptation process of the family facing the sickness and the mourning regarding the death of the sick child. The review enabled to identify the need for special follow-up of the person, which is in direct contact with the child, usually the mother, since the moment of the diagnostic, until after the death.