MDPP031 Paliative Care

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marie Macková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Alžběta Marková, MAS (seminar tutor)
Bc. Tereza Polzer, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marie Macková, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Miroslava Kyasová, PhD., MBA
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MDOP0242 Nursing Practice I
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. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2002, 198 s. 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
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod./sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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