Cancer is a multisymptomatic disease that affects a large part of the world's population and has been increasing in recent years. The experience of family caregivers provides information on the care and attention that the terminally ill person receives. Heidegger's hermeneutical phenomenology was proposed as an interpretive framework. The objective of this article was to know, from the reports of relatives, the medical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of patients with terminal cancer. 11 interviews were conducted. Transcripts were made and thematic analysis and the van Manen method were used. It was found that palliative care in the final stage of the disease is not provided in all cases. Priority is given to meeting medical needs that focus on pain control, leaving aside psychological, social and spiritual needs. The latter are resolved by the family itself. Comprehensive care...

The doctor-patient relationship is an important element of medical practice and therefore of medical ethics. Creating a good interpersonal relationship between doctor and patient facilitates communication through empathic interaction, which helps in proper decision making at the end of life and respect for autonomy. The objective of the article is to know, from the experience of the relatives of terminal-stage cancer patients, the relationship that the doctor maintained with the patient based on the doctor-patient relationship models. A qualitative study was carried out that starts from the phenomenological hermeneutical paradigm. Eleven family members and primary caregivers were interviewed and the thematic analysis and van Manen method were used. The results show that the relationship established by the doctors was different depending on the type of hospital. This allows us to know how...