Performance of the health team in pediatric palliative care

Abstract

Through a narrative review of the literature, this article discusses and raises reflections on the care relationships established between children, families, and health teams in the context of pediatric palliative care. It is understood that chronic illness implies physical, social, psychological and spiritual imbalances for the child, however a serious disease that threatens life goes beyond the limits of their body and also affects the family and affective environment, so that the family, historically conceived as responsible for care, also needs health care. Therefore, this text focuses on socio-family suffering, reinforcing the humanized understanding, provided by palliative care, of patient and family as a care unit.