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Ethical dilemmas of social services for the elderly
PEKÁRKOVÁ, Lenka
In the introductory part, the thesis deals with the description of terms such as senior, old age and basic physical and mental changes that accompany this period. In the next part of the work is characterized the term client, social worker and outlined the possibilities of social work legislation in the Czech Republic. In the third part of the thesis describes in detail terms such as ethics, ethical conduct, professional ethics, code of ethics, ethical dilemmas and supervision. Based on a written questionnaire and subsequent interview, the following chapter describes the ethical dilemmas of the six social services workers. Furthermore, this chapter describes ethically and problematic situations when working with seniors, which the workers in social services formulated as ethical dilemmas. This part of the thesis is followed by another chapter in which the analysis of the selected dilemmatic situation is performed and an insight into the solution of a particular dilemmatic situation using three ethical theories (deontology, utilitarianism and care ethics) is provided.
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