(Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2018) ALMEIDA, Vitória Cordovil de; GAMA, Elvira Silvestre Chaves; PEDROSO, Janari da Silva; ESPEJO, Cristian Ariel Neira
The pain has been studied in the various areas of health, but it must be understood in a multidimensional perspective
that includes social, spiritual and psychic aspects. The objective of this study was to understand the experience of
chronic pain in cancer patients undergoing palliative treatment. This is a qualitative research using interview and field
diary. The data were systematized based on content analysis, that originated the thematic category: pain singularity
and coping modes and clinical history of the participants hospitalized in a Public Hospital at the Oncology Palliative
Care Clinic. The data indicate that religiosity, spirituality and the difficulty in talking about and encountering pain
were the ways in which the participants narrated their pain and the process of illness. Listening in an environment
where that the subject feels welcomed allows to speak of pain through words or silence.
