Introduction:

the onset and diagnosis of a chronic disease in pediatric age implies for the patient a change, sometimes radical, in their way of life, since in most cases they must not only comply with a strict pharmacological regimen, but also need diet control and important transformations in the social order, constituting a problem of primary repercussion that involves patients, families, health care personnel and social institutions.

Objective:

to provide information on the subject of family and therapeutic adherence in chronic hematologic diseases in childhood to medical professionals involved in their management, in order to enable them to better approach this problem.

Methods:

a bibliographic review was carried out where the databases were consulted through Pubmed, SciELO and the Google Scholar search engine, of articles published in the last 5 years, and an analysis and summary of the reviewed bibliography was made.

Development:

The explanation of therapeutic adherence is complex and of multifactorial origin, where the functionality of the family represents the link between treatment, its systematicity and its maintenance, constituting a protective factor in the pediatric age.

Conclusions:

in therapeutic adherence, the role of the family is of vital importance, since it not only constitutes the fundamental support network available to the pediatric patient for his recovery, but also for the health team in charge of the control and good development of his evolution.

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