Produção científica de terapeutas ocupacionais e cuidados paliativos: Revisão integrativa

Abstract

Objective: To identify the national productions of Occupational Therapy on Palliative Care. Methodology: This is an Integrative Review of studies published in the SciElo and Lilacs databases. The descriptors "Palliative Care" and "Occupational Therapy" were adopted using the Boolean operator "AND". Articles of foreign origin, articles that did not address the study theme and those published by health professionals other than occupational therapists were excluded. Results: We selected 10 articles, divided in three thematic axis: Occupational Therapy Interventions in Palliative Care; Palliative Care in Home Care; and Processes of death and dying. Final considerations: The practice of the profession considers the occupational performance in daily life, intervening according to the significant activities. The need for further studies in the area is identified, in order to broaden data to prove the effectiveness of interventions in improving the quality of life of the patient in Palliative Care.