Abstract

SANTAMARIA TORRES, Alexander; ROZO GUZMAN, Andrea Nataly; TRUJILLO NARANJO, María Camila  and  CARRENO MORENO, Sonia Patricia. The Brother of the Child with Cancer Deserves to be Visible: Scoping Review. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.1, pp.45-64.  Epub June 21, 2022. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.5436.

The healthy brother in situations of childhood cancer is often an invisible individual for his family, for health professionals and institutions. The objective of this work was to map and integrate the scientific literature about the experience of the sibling of a child diagnosed with cancer. A Scoping Review of 28 articles published between 2016 and 2020, in Spanish, English and Portuguese, was developed. Twelve qualitative studies, 15 quantitative and one mixed study were included. Faced with the findings, it was identified that there are changes in the relationships between siblings, parental and social, in addition to personal changes and a limited offer of support to the siblings of the child with cancer. The conclusion drawn is that childhood cancer directly affects family members, including the healthy brother, who faces drastic changes in his life that imply new needs, feelings and risk behaviors. More research and a broader approach to the impact of childhood cancer on healthy siblings is required, as well as the design of interventions that highlight the need to make visible this individual who suffers the collateral damage of childhood cancer and who has been neglected by his family and health professionals.

Keywords : life-changing events; brothers; pediatrics; neoplasms; review literature as an issue; holistic health.

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