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Confrontation of western and eastern spirituality: options and limitations of contemporary approaches the transcendent
KLOZAR, Karel
The thesis deals with examination of the transcendent in relation to the human being through intraspective and extraspective analysis of some typical differences of eastern and western approach to being. Pointing out some fundamental differences on extraspective level. Searching for possible similarities on intraspective level ? real, imaginary and possible. Inspiration with Jung's collective unconsciousness and individuation process as the possible key to understanding the essence of human as focus of relation of an universal and an individual. The transcendent as a collective goal, or source of conflict? Are eastern and western approaches the transcendent compatible? Is there some essence of the transcendent, which is universal and points to some unbiased form of experience? Integration of consciousness and unconsciousness as the fundamental joint of East and West.
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Interfaith couples and possibilities of dialog in the family
KRAUSOVÁ, Lucie
The object of this paper is to present the issue of interfaith couples and introduce in the possibilities and principles of conducting interreligious dialogue of married couples with each other, with their environment and their children. The first topic is the individual. The topic of the individual is developed in three successive areas: human being as person, the dialogical nature of person and individual care of one?s own spirituality. The second part focuses on interreligious dialogue as such. The final part is devoted to the topic of dialogue in marriage generally and dialogue of interfaith couples.
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The significance of spirituality in the educational process
KOMENDA, Vladimír
Based on this bachelor thesis I wanted to map the key moments in spiritual development of a school-aged child (6-13 years), then to identify and analyse spiritual aspects in education with respect to latent nature of spirituality today. The objective of the work was to answer the major research question, whether religious parents realize the significance of spiritual aspects in education and in spiritual perception of their children. The way of bringing up children in two Christian families was analysed using the respondents? answers. The analysis revealed in which situations religious parents realize the significance of spirituality in education and spiritual perception of their children. Information needed for this thesis was obtained by the method of a qualitative ? semi-structured interview with five open questions focused on individual aspects of Christian education. The interviews clearly show the significance attached to spiritual aspects of education and to spiritual perception of their children by respondents. If a child is able to reflect the spiritual nature of life, it can be assumed that this ability becomes his auspices when dealing with significant life situations. The results of the thesis could be used as further material for sociological studies of a similar theme or as study material for social workers or students of social sciences.
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Satisfaction of Spiritual Needs of In-Patients
ŠROTOVÁ, Jana
According to holistic philosophy, the current trend in the care for patients is satisfying their needs. The problem is that members of medical staff perceive certain needs easier than others, and automatically focus on professional care mainly for biological needs of in-patients. This thesis attempts to prove that even though the spiritual needs of patients are naturally below other needs, they cannot be ignored because the peace of mind of in-patients plays a significant role in their treatment. The theoretic part outlines spirituality as a constant need of all people, and tries to distinguish it from religion. The questions about the meaning and essence of human existence are rooted in the minds of all people. Some people are more sensitive to them, while others don{\crq}t perceive them. When seeking the truth and answers, people often identify themselves with ideas already expressed and professed. If a person looking for answers joins people with similar views and persuasion, he or she becomes a member of some religion, church, or community. The problem of the medical staff is that they reduce satisfaction of the spiritual needs of these people to mere respect for the required liturgy, which is extremely valuable and necessary, but it should not be confused with the needs of human spirituality, as mentioned above. In-patients need to be treated sensitively by the medical staff and to be accepted without reservations just as they are.
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Similarities and dissimilarities in access of different Church institutions for pensioners
BOUCHAL, Jan
The first part of this bachelor thesis deals with a brief history charitable activities of two churches that are in our country significantly active in helping the seniors. The most important church provider of social services for the elderly is the Roman Catholic Church; the second one is the Evangelical Church.The chapter entitled "Characteristics of the approach in church homes for the elderly" provides a basic description of each approach in the surveyed areas of care. Within the Church's approach the emphasis has been placed on the care for the spiritual needs of the clients. The practical part compares the selected approach areas in four church homes for seniors, all founded by the Charity Czech republic and Diaconate of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.The research is divided into two parts. The first one describes the nature of the services provided by selected church homes for the elderly in areas of social work, charity work and as a part of it also the care for the spiritual needs of seniors, activation programs and the availability of these devices in terms of regional, financial and capacity features.The second part illustrates various forms of the religious pluralism of the direct care workers. Its aim is to determine the influence of this religiosity on their perception of the importance of the care for the spiritual needs of their clients and to find out whether the employees are themselves involved in the care of the mentioned needs.
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The Nursing Approach to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses at Medical Treatment Units
BRAUNOVÁ, Alexandra
The topic of the diploma thesis is ``The Nursing Approach to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses at Medical Treatment Units{\crq}q. The probability of a nurse coming across a Jehovah{\crq}s Witness is considerable. Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses form a large group within the Czech Republic, and therefore the nursing staff should also be ready to treat patients who belong to this community. All this in compliance with the current trend of applying the thoughts of transcultural/multicultural nursing while treating the patients. The present thesis is a contribution to this very discipline. Its task was to investigate the specifics of the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community, and what the expectations of their members are when it comes to nursing care. With reference to the specifics and expectations, we attempted to detect the problem situations that may come up when caring for the members of the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community. All this information was investigated in order to be able to offer culturally sensitive nursing care to the patients who belong to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community. For the empiric part of the thesis, four objectives were set that lead to three research questions and three hypotheses. Two research methods were chosen, the qualitative method: a semi-standardized dialogue with the respondents being members of the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses; and a quantitative method: a questionnaire for the nursing staff of the medical treatment units. The conception of a Jehovah{\crq}s Witness in general is improved by the division of the information in the dialogue according to the Giger and Davidhizar transcultural nursing assessment model. For further clarification of the problem, questions concerning hospitalization and nursing staff were added. The results of the dialogues were drafted as case reports which were then categorized in transparent tables and charts. The questionnaire contained identification questions and questions clarifying the given problem. The remaining questions were aimed at direct or indirect verification of the hypotheses we have set. The outcome of the questionnaire investigation is introduced using tables and charts. The specifics of the approach of the nursing staff are summarized in a nursing care standard, which can be used by the nursing staff when caring for a client/patient who belongs to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses. The thesis offers information on the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community, and explains the singularities of the approach of the nursing staff towards them. The outcome of the thesis should serve as study material for the students of nursing disciplines, and at the same time we would appreciate it if it was published to become available to the professional community. The thesis should be a contribution to the improvement of the quality of nursing care.
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Psycho-social supporting care for oncologically diseased persons
PAPEŽOVÁ, Šárka
The Bachelor work deals with areas of supporting care in oncology. The aim of this work is to draw attention to the importance of psycho-social care as an integral part of complex care for oncologically diseased persons. The theoretic part contains characteristics of the influence of an oncological disease to the life quality of the ill person and his/her closed ones. It describes the process of the hard disease?s acceptance and overcoming the typical obstacles in various stages of the illness. At the same time it presents an outline of an oncological patient?s needs including the need of spiritual care. The theoretic-practical part is devoted to definition of the term supporting care. It surveys, whom psycho-social supporting care in the Czech Republic is provided to and in which health care institutes, hospitals and patients? organisations patients can find it. At the same time it pursues clarification of the term psycho-oncology and outlines the rise and development of psycho-oncology in the Czech Republic. The research part deals with the issue of psycho-social supporting care offer and demand. It also offers a view at the experiences of an oncological patient, the founder of the association Amelie o. s. This association offers psycho-social support and care to oncologically diseased persons and their closed ones.
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Spirituality and religiosity of students of helping professions (in cultures with Christian and Buddhist traditions)
ŠVEHLOVÁ, Blanka
The bachelor thesis called {\clq}qSpirituality and religiousness of students in helping professions (in cultures with Christian and Buddhist traditions) deals with an importance of a religion and a spiritual life for a choice as well as performance of helping professions. This thesis would like to draw an attention to the importance of spiritual dimensions both of clients and professionals in helping professions themselves. In the theoretical part I first focused on definitions of important concepts related to the topic. Further, I look at the spirituality as a part of a holistic conception of a man, which should be a basis for a successful care for the clients. There are also for me important questions, dealing with a motivation of students for the helping professions, to which I devote specifically from the perspective of Buddhism and Christianity. The Christian-Buddhist dialogue bears through the whole thesis. It builds, in the context of a globalized world, on the need of a mutual understanding and tolerance. Last, but not least I also included a chapter dealing with parallels between religious and psychotherapeutic effects. The research part of the thesis consists of a questionnaire survey, a secondary data analysis and a group interview with students of the University of South Bohemia, where the Czech part of the research was carried out. I also hold the questionnaire survey during my foreign intership in Chiang Mai University in Thailand. In the discussion, I come to conclusions which confirm that helping professions are still inseparably linked to a religious faith and spiritual values. The comparison of the Czech and Thai environments clearly shows a conservation of the traditional Buddhist society in contrast with the various, in relation to the religion not sharply defined, European country. The aim of the thesis is a description of the spiritual life, religiosity and spiritual needs of university students of helping professions compared to the Czech and Thai environment. To achieve this aim, I tried to link the theoretical foundations with the research part of the thesis. I believe that by processing this topic I can contribute to an emphasis of the human spiritual dimension in the therapeutic process. Though it is named in the holistic concept of a man, but then it does not usually acquire clearer outlines. This thesis would therefore like to point out a constant topicality of this theme.
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Spiritual Needs of Hospitalized Patients
SENDLEROVÁ, Klára
This Bachelor`s thesis has the title "Spiritual Needs of Hospitalized Patients." The work endeavors to capture the spiritual needs of hospitalized patients and the way they cope with their illness in relation with their religious belief; whether religious belief plays an important role in their lives. The theoretical part deals with human needs in general. It is followed by the characteristics of spiritual need, which is individual for every person. That is why the chapter on assessing spiritual needs is mentioned here. Furthermore, concepts of spirituality, religion, and religiosity are covered. This is followed by description of spiritual phenomena including personal relationships, spiritual knowledge, and love. I have also included spiritual health and spiritual distress here. The chapter Spiritual development in individual phases of life deals with the way we experience spirituality from childhood to adulthood. It is followed by the chapter Illness and hospitalized person, which mentions the effects of hospitalization on an individual, and also the meaning of religious belief during his illness. The last chapter is called Spiritual care, which includes pastoral care. The aim of the work is to find out, based on quantitative research, what kind of spiritual needs hospitalized patients have and how does the experience of illness differ in religious and non-religious patients. Two hypotheses were set {--} the importance of spiritual needs increases with age, and experience of illness differs in religious and non-religious hospitalized patients. Both of the hypotheses were verified. The research sample consisted of hospitalized patients from Moravian-Silesian Region, from the town Odry, hospitalized at the Chronic diseases ward and Internal medicine ward, and patients from Pilsen Region, from the city Pilsen, hospitalized at the Internal medicine ward and Surgical ward. The interviewing method was used in the form of questionaire data collection. In the discussion, the outcomes are compared with professional literature, and working hypotheses are evaluated. Current situation of the attitude towards spiritual needs, evaluation of hypotheses, and my personal opinion of the topic are mentioned in the conclusion.
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SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY OF SENIORS
VACHOVÁ, Klára
The presented bachelor thesis is titled ``Spirituality and Religiosity of Seniors{\crqq}. The terms spirituality, religiosity and spiritual needs are not exactly clear at the moment in our society. Despite that, the spiritual dimension of man is a part of the so called holistic view of man as a bio-psycho-socio-spiritual being. This work brings a closer characteristic of spiritual dimension and clarifies what role spiritual needs can play in the life of a senior. The work is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part, the terms spirituality and religiosity are explained and possible spiritual needs of clients, elementary psychology of old age and atheism are characterized. The following have been included among spiritual needs: the need to find a sense of life, the need to find a sense of suffering, the need of transcendence, the need to be loved and to love, the need of belief, the need of hope, the need to have a clear conscience, the need to forgive others, the need of prayer and meditation and the need of symbols and images. The aim of the work is to define spiritual needs of seniors. It also attempts to find out if these needs are fulfilled and to what extent. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were combined. In the quantitative part of the research the method of asking questions was used. Questionnaire was the technique of data collection. Two working hypotheses related to the aims were chosen. In the qualitative part the technique of an interview was chosen on the basis of a narrative method. The research was carried out in a Home for seniors in Veselí nad Lužnicí and in a Care home in Veselí nad Lužnicí. Information obtained from the questionnaires was processed manually using the tick method and descriptive statistics. Bar charts and pie charts were used for graphical representation of the data. Program Microsoft Excel was used to produce the graphs. In the discussion, the results of the research are compared with specialized literature and working hypotheses are evaluated. Own opinions of the given problems and recommendations for practice are stated in the conclusion.
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