Cancer patients with advanced disease: Concerns and expectations experienced in the terminality of life

Abstract

Objective: to highlight the concerns experienced by patients with advanced cancer. Methodology: qualitative study developed with 11 cancer patients in palliative care. The data were collected in Maringá-PR, from 2016 to 2017, through open interviews, addressing the experiences and confrontations experienced during the terminal life process, from which the speeches were extracted and submitted to content analysis after approval by the Committee Research Ethics. Results: the fear of becoming a nuisance and the uncertainties of how life will continue after his departure, were hegemonic issues of the patients, who found in the acceptance of death a moment of reflection on life, emerging as a positive probability of resilience and hope. Conclusion: the main concerns expressed were: to live better now, to get closer to those who do them well, worrying about the well-being of their families and how they will be after their departure, thus transcending their own suffering.