Intervención del trabajo social en tanatología Mención Cáncer

Abstract

This study was carried out with the purpose of investigating the role of the social worker in the field of thanatology in Ecuador and the possibility of looking for spaces from social work for professional intervention directed to the patient diagnosed with cancer, the family and/or person who accompanies in the disease process. It is the beginning of an investigation of the intervention of social work in thanatology mention cancer in Ecuador, the research was developed with the aid of 15 respondents, staff of the cancer hospital Solca Núcleo Tungurahua and volunteer patients.

Keywords: Intervention, Thanatology, Social Work, Disease, Patient diagnosed with cancer.