Spiritual needs experienced by the patient's family caregiver under Oncology palliative care

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 71; no. suppl 6; pp. 2635 - 2642
• Main Authors: Rocha, Renata Carla Nencetti Pereira, Pereira, Eliane Ramos, Silva, Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade, Medeiros, Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de, Refrande, Sueli Maria, Refrande, Neusa Aparecida
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2018
• Subjects: Cancer; Caregivers; Hospice care; Internet; Neoplasia; Nursing; Nursing care; Oncology; Palliative Care; Patients; Quality of life; Spirituality; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0873

To understand the spiritual needs of the patients' family caregiver under Oncology palliative care.
A descriptive, qualitative study with 20 family caregivers of patients hospitalized in an Oncology palliative unit. The data were collected through a phenomenological interview, and analyzed by the method of Amadeo Giorgi supported in the Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception.
The categories were unveiled: "Spirituality as a foundation for life"; "Spiritual needs sublimated by the family caregiver"; and "Care expected by the nurse".
Family caregivers appropriate spirituality as a coping strategy and meeting the purpose and meaning of the moment experienced. It is profitable for the nurse to contemplate the spiritual needs of the caregiver in order to provide a guided assistance in the humanization of care and comprehensive care. Therefore, there is a need for new studies that address this dimension to the family caregiver in the field of Oncology, since this care is incipient by the nurse.