Desafios e perspectivas postos ao Serviço Social no acolhimento a Famílias de pacientes oncológicos

Abstract

This study is an analysis of the work of the social worker in the context of oncology, with the basic aim to unveil the actions developed by the professionals of Social Services, which challenges and prospects in host families and placed patients in oncology services, guaranteeing their rights and improving the treatment. It was used in this work, document analysis and literature review as the main methodological procedure. During the work will be pointed an overview about the health policy focused on cancer, then cancer and family, as this disease, in particular, brings a social / family illness, and finally the role of the inserted in a social service team multidisciplinary health, focusing on a new demand put to the profession, which is oncology.