Communication as an expression of humanized end-of-life care: a systematic review (original) (raw)

2014, Journal of Nursing Ufpe Online

Objective: to identify the communication strategies that promote the humanization of health care provided to adult/older adult patients hospitalized at the end of life. Method: systematic review carried out with primary studies from EBSCO, PubMed, CINAHL, MEDLINE, LILACS, Web of Knowledge, and B-On databases, and SciELO and Cochrane digital libraries, between November 2012 and January 2013, selected according to the PIOS method, from the following question: What are the communication strategies that promote the humanization of health care in the interaction between nurses and adult/older adult patients at the end of life? Results: the articles selected demonstrated the urgent need to acquire specific skills in the field of communication, in order to promote a dignified end of life. Conclusion: regardless of experience, or even the ability to deal with the proximity of death, it is extremely important to develop strategies that are not exclusively based on verbal expression, but also...