Play in cancer

Monograph presented to the Psychology Department of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) for the degree of Psychologist. Supervisor: Dr Maria Inês Bittecourt. I would like to thank God in the first place and my mother (in memmorian) for all the work I have done so far in the field of health with an emphasis on medical psychology oncology and palliative care.