MGPP031 Paliative Care

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Alžběta Marková, MAS (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Miroslava Kyasová, PhD., MBA (deputy)
Lenka Santarová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslava Kyasová, PhD., MBA
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Marie Macková, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MGGE0222 Gerontology II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand and be able to explain all aspects palliative care.
Syllabus
  • 1.Basic knowledge in supportive and palliative care.
  • 2.Advanced, progressive dissease.
  • 3.Symptoms of advanced, progressive disiese.
  • 4. Nursing in pallative care. Ethics, meaning and dignity in pallative care.
  • 5.Communication skills for professional practice.
  • 6.Interdisciplinatry team. Pallative care in diferent settings (hospitals,elderly homes,nursing homes, home care).
Literature
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Thanatologie : nauka o umírání a smrti. 2., přepr. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2007, 244 s. ISBN 9788072624713. info
  • VORLÍČEK, Jiří, Zdeněk ADAM and Yvona POSPÍŠILOVÁ. Paliativní medicína, druhé přepracované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004, 537 pp. ISBN 80-0279-7. info
  • DOYLE, D. and G. HANKS. Oxford Texbook of Palliative Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2003. 3th edition. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie nemoci. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2002, 198 stran. ISBN 8024701790. info
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, Naděžda. Zármutek a pomoc pozůstalým. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV, 2001, 267 s. ISBN 808586682X. info
  • SVATOŠOVÁ, Marie. Hospice a umění doprovázet. Praha: Ecce Homo, 1995, 144 s. info
  • KÜBLER-ROSS, Elisabeth. Odpovědi na otázky o smrti a umírání : etický manuál pro mediky, lékaře a sestry. Translated by Tomáš Drábek - Jarmila Drábková. Praha: EM Reflex, 1995, 288 s. info
Assessment methods
oral test
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
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