摘要
objective: to evaluate the decision-making process and quality of life of adult oncology patients, hospitalized in a palliative care unit. methods: a cross-sectional study, conducted over 12 months, which included 89 patients who agreed to participate by responding to the psychological-moral development, whoqol-old and whoqol-bref instruments. results: in evaluating the psychological-moral development instrument, patients demonstrated a capacity for making decisions in their best interest. in the domains of whoqol-old, the social participation had the lowest mean, and intimacy had the best. in terms of application of the domains of the whoqol-bref instrument, the physical domain had the lowest mean, while the environment had he best performance. conclusion: patients demonstrated satisfaction with the capacity to establish social relationships, personal and intimate, even while hospitalized.