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COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN CZECH AND BRITISH HEALTH CARE
SÝKOROVÁ, Michaela
The topic of this bachelor thesis is Comprehensive Care in the Czech and British Health Systems. We put the finger on the social policy of the Czech Republic and Great Britain, in two historically and culturally different countries. The aim was to map out and clarify basic concepts, principles, possibilities of solution and obstacles to comprehension care. This area of social policy is closely related to each of us, and therefore it is the most discussed topic. For this reason, it is important to know the basic facts and comparation within other countries which can help us in shaping our own strategy. The theoretical part deals with the historical development of the social policy of the two countries, with their importance, organizations, their determinants and models (especially in health and social areas). It also touches the current situation in the area of rehabilitation (basic concepts, transformation of meaning, legal anchoring, change of paradigm) from the point of view of the Czech Republic and Great Britain. To achieve the goals of my work, I chose a qualitative research strategy. After analyzing one case, specifically post-stroke patients, I created several questions for respondents. These sets of questions concerned post-health care, which could improve, simplify, or improve the situation of a patient in a given situation. My respondents were health and social workers from the Czech Republic and Great Britain. I acquired it through a method of deliberate choice. We used a semi-structured interview for data collection. The results of the observations were divided into six parts characterizing not only the overall view of healthcare professionals and social workers on the coordination of care and unified information, but also possible barriers and obstacles. The results are compared to each other. These comparison makes possible to assess the strengths and weaknesses of comprehensive care in the both countries. The most noticeable difference is evident in the coordination of health and social care; according to the results, it can be said that it does not work in the Czech Republic, Great Britain uses this institute quite commonly without any significant difficulties. In practice, it would be possible to use the knowledge gained by the research as a basis for the decision making of managers in the health and social sphere.
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