Palliative care is aimed at people with diseases without perspective of\ncure or terminally, aiming to provide a better quality of life. This study\naims to investigating the discourse of nurses about their understanding\nof palliative care to elderly patient with cancer and identify strategies\nused by nurses to promote palliative care to the elderly cancer\npatient. It is an exploratory research of a qualitative nature, carried\nout with thirteen nurses from a philanthropic institution in the city\nof Jo�£o Pessoa, through a questionnaire. The empirical material was\nsubjected to thematic content analysis, resulting in three categories:\ndesign of nurses to assist the elderly in Palliative Care: promoting\ncomfort and minimizing the suffering, the importance of palliative care\nin humanized care to the elderly with cancer and strategies for the\nPromotion of Care of the Elderly with Cancer. Participants highlighted\nthe palliative care as essential in the humanization of care, ensuring\nthe dignity and quality of life among the elderly with cancer without\npossibilities of cure, adding such assistance, the family.
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