Palliative Care in Speech Therapy: integrative literature review

Authors

  • Alice Prado de Azevedo Antunes Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia/PUC-SP.
  • Daniella Spacassassi Centurion Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia/PUC-SP.
  • Léslie Piccolotto Ferreira Doutora em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana (Fonoaudiologia). Professora Titular do Departamento de Fundamentos de Fonoaudiologia e Fisioterapia da PUC-SP. Coordenadora do Laboratório de Voz, LaborVox da PUC-SP. Vice-Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i4p417-427

Keywords:

Palliative Care, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Quality of Life.

Abstract

The area of Palliative Care (PC) aims at the quality of life to the patient (QLP) who has a disease that has no prognosis for cure. Objective: Carry out an integrative review of the literature on PC in the field of Speech Therapy. Methods: a search was performed considering the descriptors “Palliative Care” and “Speech Therapy”. Results: eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Conclusion: Speech therapy in the area of PC, still has little scientific evidence, however, it is possible to identify its contribution to improving the QLP.

 

Author Biographies

Alice Prado de Azevedo Antunes, Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia/PUC-SP.

Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia/PUC-SP.

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1650-517X

URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1650-517X

 

Daniella Spacassassi Centurion, Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia/PUC-SP.

Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia/PUCS-SP.

ORCID Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-6357

URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-6357

 

Léslie Piccolotto Ferreira, Doutora em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana (Fonoaudiologia). Professora Titular do Departamento de Fundamentos de Fonoaudiologia e Fisioterapia da PUC-SP. Coordenadora do Laboratório de Voz, LaborVox da PUC-SP. Vice-Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia.

Doutora em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana (Fonoaudiologia). Professora Titular do Departamento de Fundamentos de Fonoaudiologia e Fisioterapia da PUC-SP. Coordenadora do Laboratório de Voz, LaborVox da PUC-SP. Vice-Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia.

ORCID Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3230-7248

URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3230-7248

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Published

2019-12-30

How to Cite

Antunes, A. P. de A., Centurion, D. S., & Ferreira, L. P. (2019). Palliative Care in Speech Therapy: integrative literature review. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 22(4), 417–427. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i4p417-427

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 4 (2019)

Section

Papers

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