A construção do cuidado em psico-oncologia em um projeto de extensão universitária

Abstract

Cancer is a disease that affects increasingly affects the world's population, which logically increases the demand for health services, including the psychological support services. From this, the outreach Psycho-Oncology project was created, linked to a Psychology course at a public university located in Goiás. The project, anchored in the social constructionist perspective, aims to train stude nts to work in the area of Psycho-Oncology order: a committed assistance with comprehensive care and the empowerment of participants as well as the health of construction even in the midst of illness. The demand is forwarded to the clinic school of the public university by two local organizations that assist users in travel and stay in the cities of achieving the accompaniments and treatments for cancer. Part of care is given at clinic school, and more debilitated patients are cared for in their homes. Psyc hological services are offered in individual and group modalities. The data from each performed service show that participants have built more positive possibilities for the disease experience with decreased fear of cancer, life senses, participation oppor tunities in self-care, reaffirmation of overcoming and strengthening emotional ties. In addition to these results, the project has also contributed to the training of future health professionals committed to the humanization of care.