PSMB050 Palliative Care

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Vyhnalová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 C51
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students of the follow - up Master´s degree program.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of course is to offer students an overview of palliative care topics and ares which creates comprehensive picture of the subject. The aim of course is to acquaint students with the complexity of palliative proccess, with factors affecting quality of life of persons in palliative care, options of research, practical knowledgement about dying, with the most frequent diagnosis and specifity of the subject of palliative care. It also aims to offer students the possibility of critical evaluation of some topics through the discussion (ethics and euthanasia as a possibility).
Learning outcomes
Student will understand the context of dying process, student will have a knowledge about structure, aims, principle and division of palliative care. Students will have a knowledge about factors and their interconnection in the palliative process, where they play a major influence. Student will be able to criticaly evaluate some topics and think about their possible overlap. Student will have a knowledge about experiencing and needs of patients of palliative care. Also student will understand which way this factors affects a quality of life.
Syllabus
  • Definition, history, principle, divisions of palliative care, basic terms of thanatology, development of the understanding of death. Target group of palliative care, basic characteristics of the most frequent illness in palliative care, terminal stage, specifics of lethal illness in palliative process. Age group ang their specifics.
  • Death as a social taboo - dealing with death, how to talk a behave with seriously ill and dying patient.
  • Dying in historical process - dying earlier and nowadays, development of habits in dying process and their pros and cons (dying in home ambients, in hospital and hospice)
  • Practical part - what to do when i know lethal ill person, practical side of hospice care, crisis intervention for dying patients and survivors
  • Pallitive care as a multidisciplinary subject, intervention for survivors and family of lethal ill patient
  • Psychosocial needs of patients in palliative care - pain treatment, psychological needs, physical needs, dignity, social needs, spirituality, generativity
  • Palliative care fo children - specifics, understanding of death, family intervention
  • Terapeutic possibilities in palliative care - group therapy, artetherapy, canistherapy, some therapy directions..
  • Education possibilities in palliative care, role of personal and their influence in palliative process
  • Ethical viewpoint and theme of euthanasy - theoretical part, practial and legislative basics, discussion
Literature
  • KUPKA, Martin. Psychosociální aspekty paliativní péče. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2014, 216 s. ISBN 9788024746500. URL info
  • SLÁMA, Ondřej, Ladislav KABELKA and Jiří VORLÍČEK. Paliativní medicína pro praxi. 2., nezměn. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2011, 363 s. ISBN 9788072628490. info
  • Paliativní péče : principy a praxe. Edited by Sheila Payne - Jane Seymour - Christine Ingleton, Translated by Ivo Lu. 1. vyd. Brno: Společnost pro odbornou literaturu, 2007, 807 s. ISBN 9788087029251. info
  • VORLÍČEK, Jiří, Zdeněk ADAM and Yvona POSPÍŠILOVÁ. Paliativní medicína. 2., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada-Avicenum, 2004, 537 s. ISBN 8024702797. info
  • TOMEŠ, Igor, Eva DRAGOMIRECKÁ, Katarina SEDLÁROVÁ and Daniela VODÁČKOVÁ. Rozvoj hospicové péče a její bariéry. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 166 stran. ISBN 9788024629414. URL info
  • BUŽGOVÁ, Radka. Paliativní péče ve zdravotnických zařízeních : potřeby, hodnocení, kvalita života. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada, 2015, 168 stran. ISBN 9788024754024. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie nemoci. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2002, 198 stran. ISBN 8024701790. info
  • KÜBLER-ROSS, Elisabeth. O smrti a umírání : co by se lidé měli naučit od umírajících. Translated by Jiří Královec. Vydání druhé, přepracova. Praha: Portál, 2015, 316 stran. ISBN 9788026209119. info
  • SLÁMOVÁ, Regina, Alžběta MARKOVÁ, Petra KUBÁČKOVÁ and Barbora ANTONOVÁ. Praktický průvodce koncem života : rozcestník pro nemocné a pečující. 1. vydání. Brno: Edika, 2018, 158 stran. ISBN 9788026612797. info
  • SVATOŠOVÁ, Marie. Hospice a umění doprovázet. Sedmé, doplněné vydání. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2011, 149 stran. ISBN 9788071955801. info
  • WARE, Bronnie. Čeho před smrtí nejvíce litujeme. Translated by Linda Bartošková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2012, 307 s. ISBN 9788026201687. info
Teaching methods
The lessons are carried out in the form of lectures once per week, case studies, class discussions, scientific literature reading and interaction of each other.
Assessment methods
Minimum mandatory attendence 80%, essay in the range of 2 - 3 pages, group work and active approach in lessons, participation in discussions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023.
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