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Clinical Notes

Implementation of human figures made with plasticine/modeling clay as a clinical tool to address difficult-to-manage pain in patients with advanced cervical cancer. Report of 5 cases

Med Paliat. 2024; 31(3): 137-141 / DOI: 10.20986/medpal.2025.1493/2024

Georgina Domínguez-Ocadio1, Silvia Allende-Pérez1, Andrea Flores-González2, David Reyes-Chiquete1, Emma Verategui1
1Servicio de Cuidados Paliativos. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México. 2Benemérito Hospital General Juan María de Salvatierra, La Paz


ABSTRACT

Managing difficult-to-control pain in patients with cervical cancer represents a major challenge for the palliative care team, combined with limited social factors and suffering; having a clinical tool such as plasticine human figures favors expression and an appropriate therapeutic approach.



RESUMEN

El manejo del dolor de difícil control en pacientes con cáncer cervicouterino representa un mayor desafío para el equipo de cuidados paliativos al sumarse factores sociales limitados y sufrimiento; contar con una herramienta clínica como las figuras humanas de plastilina favorece la expresión y abordaje terapéutico idóneo.

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