78 • mental incompleto. Das categorias e análise dos conteúdos, destacou-se que os familiares se mostravam amedrontados, confusos e abalados diante do câncer e a grande maioria não sabiam reconhecer quem era o enfermeiro, que caracteriza um desvio na comunicação. Conclui-se que a assistência do enfermeiro, realizada com uma comunicação adequada e humanizada, produz melhor qualidade de vida, reduz angús-tias, medos e proporciona ao paciente e família, maior conforto e segurança durante o internamento.
ABSTRACTNeoplasms constitute a public health problem on the world stage, which is a care must be patient and family oriented, banks are vulnerable and require assistance that integrates the biological, psychological and spiritual aspects, therefore, communication and They are important tools in this process. In view of the above, the objectives of the study were: to analyze the impact in the family context of the patient with diagnosis of cancer and identify a perception of the family in relation to communication and the humanized care of the nurse. This is a descriptive and qualitative study carried out with eight families of cancer patients hospitalized at the Osvaldo Leite Oncology Center in Sergipe, in the year 2011. Qualitative data submitted to categorical analysis subsidized in the concepts of Bardin, which identified two categories: Impact Of the disease to a therapeutic possibility of cure not family context and Importance of humanization and com-