Abstract:

Abstract Objective: to understand the occupations of young adults in cancer palliative care at the end of life in a hospital environment. Methods: exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach, of the case study type, carried out in the second semester of 2021, with a patient aged between 20 and 40 years, called “Kindness”, admitted to an Oncological Hospital. Data collection took place through a semi-structured interview and the data treated by Bardin's content analysis. Results: the following category emerged: Kindness and her occupational adaptations for social participation. It was found that the patient presented occupational adaptation strategies for the impacts caused by the illness on her occupations, as well as on occupational disruptions. Among these occupations, social participation stood out. Conclusion: it was observed that maintaining meaningful occupations, despite the imminence of death, brought feelings of belonging and “being alive”.

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