Facial paralysis and quality of life: a critical review of literature in the scope of interprofessional work

This study was carried out through electronic search in the databases of Pubmed, via the National Center for Biothecnology Information (NCBI); Lilacs (Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences), and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). A search tool was offered by the National Library of Medicine, by means of which the combination of the descriptors facial paralysis, quality of life, health workers, interprofessional relationship, cooperative behavior, patient care team was performed in a varied way in order to detect the largest possible number of publications. Evidence showed up few studies regarding to a relation among all addressed words. In general, the literature review indicated that the interprofessional work can favor the resizing of the relations among different contents, thus contributing to the overcoming of knowledge fragmentation. The interprofessional work is reckoned to be essential for the development of a workforce in the scope of which professionals work together in order to properly assist the integral healthcare.
Source: Revista CEFAC - Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research