FAMILY FEELINGS IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PALLIATIVE CARE: A THEORETICAL REFLECTION UNDER MARTHA ROGERS CONSTRUCTS

Abstract

Objective: To reflect on the feelings of family members who experience children with cancer in palliative care and contributions to Nursing. Methodology: study of theoretical reflection on family feelings in pediatric palliative care from the perspective of Martha Rogers' Theory of the Unitary Being. Results: Five scientific articles were included for theoretical reflection, which were framed and interpreted through the theoretical elements: 1) energy fields: death as a feeling of impotence towards the patient; 2) openness: palliative care not only centered on the patient, but also on family  members and the team of health professionals involved in the child's treatment; 3) pattern: experience of pain, despair and fears and anxiety and a lot of concern about the uncertain future, with nursing having to contribute with actions that meet the clinical, affective, social and emotional dimensions of families and 4) pandimensionality: attachment to faith and to religion to keep the family structured. Conclusions: The reflection sensitized the authors about the different family feelings, which involve biopsychoemotional and social aspects, and that when related to nurses and the Theory, it was possible to perceive that the energies of the environment are widely interconnected and makes all the care to the cancer child is easier to understand, when the environment is as pleasant as possible.