LF:MGPP031c Paliative Care - practice

MGPP031c Paliative Care - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Marie Macková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Wed 15:00–16:40 N02230

Prerequisites (in Czech)

MGGE0222c Gerontology II - practice

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

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
VORLÍČEK, Jiří. Thanatologie - předmluva. Praha: Galén, 2000, 191 pp. ISBN 80-7262-034-7. info
VORLÍČEK, Jiří and Zdeněk ADAM. Paliativní medicína (Palliative Medicine). 1st ed. Praha: Grada Avicenum, 1998, 480 pp. Grada Publishing 1998. ISBN 80-7169-437-1. 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. Praha: Tvorba, 1995, 288 s. info

Teaching methods

- class discussion - group work with case report

Assessment methods

credit

Language of instruction

Czech