PAIN MANAGEMENT OF A CANCER PATIENT IN

This is a bachelor’s thesis on pain management of a cancer patient in palliative care. A systematic literature review was used to analyze the data and research question was set to determine different methods of pain management. Academic databases, Cinahl and Medline were used to find research articles. Several books were used in the background. Multiple inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to choose the research articles for this research. Cancer is a group of diseases and it’s the leading cause of deaths worldwide. As cancer has many manifestations and it can develop at any site and tissue of the body, care of a cancer patient can be complex. Despite research that has provided more information about the disease, the overall survival rate remains 66 %. Palliative care is an approach that supports and improves the quality of life of patients with terminal illness. It regards dying as a normal process and does not intend to hasten or extend life. Palliatiative care can be given in an addition to therapeutic measures such as chemotherapy. Palliative care originates from the work of nurse and doctor Dame Cicely Saunder’s work who founded St. Cristopher’s hospice in London in 1967. Saunders advocated systemic research and scientific observation as an essential part of this specialty. Saunder’