Implicación de la funcionalidad familiar en la conspiración del silencio. Una revisión de la literatura

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Abstract: Introduction: The pact of silence is a deficiency in communication that affects more frequently to palliative patients suffering from chronic diseases, advanced or terminal and their families. This alteration in communication is relates to family functionality, an aspect valued as a mediating variable of the impact that the disease generates on each of the family members. Objective: Conduct an updated review of the literature on the involvement of family functionality in the conspiracy of silence. Methodology: A literature review of articles published since September 28, 2022 in search engines PubMed and BVS, the review included articles in Spanish and English, qualitative, quantitative, retrospective and prospective studies. Results: 7 articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria, functionality family member was affected. Conclusions: The affected dimension, in families with high, intermediate or low functionality is communication, and this depends on several factors: type of patient caregiver, communication skills of the caregivers or providers of the patient's health and age.