Cancer, poverty and human development: challenges for nursing care in oncology

This is a reflection on poverty, human development and their interfaces with Oncology Nursing Care. identify the prevailing types of cancer per region; point the challenges posed to nursing care; discuss the possibilities for Oncology Nursing actions in this context. In light of the demographic, epi...

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Published in:Revista latino-americana de enfermagem 2007-09, Vol.15 Spec No (spe), p.780-785
Main Authors: Batalha de Menezes, Maria de Fátima, Camargo, Teresa Caldas, dos Santos Guedes, Maria Teresa, Lós de Alcântara, Laisa F F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Brazil - epidemiology
Catchment Area (Health)
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services Needs and Demand
Human Development
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - nursing
NURSING
Oncology Nursing - economics
Oncology Nursing - standards
Poverty
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Summary:This is a reflection on poverty, human development and their interfaces with Oncology Nursing Care. identify the prevailing types of cancer per region; point the challenges posed to nursing care; discuss the possibilities for Oncology Nursing actions in this context. In light of the demographic, epidemiologic and socio-cultural distribution of cancer in Brazil, a systematic articulation of the Oncology care, in situations of poverty and of low human development, represents a challenge for Nursing, as the necessary actions for prevention, early detection, treatment, and rehabilitation, range from low to high complexity. This conception opens the possibility of meeting this population's diverse demands made to the specialized services in Oncology, which are not restricted only to the antineoplastic treatment access, but include needs inherent to socio-economic-cultural factors.
ISSN:0104-1169
1518-8345
0104-1169
DOI:10.1590/S0104-11692007000700011