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Types of Love in the Context of Bioethical Arguments
SMRČKOVÁ, Leona
The thesis deals with kinds of love, their classification and characteristics. Another topic is euthanasia, its classification and arguments in favour of/against its legalisation. The basic aim of the thesis is to describe these concepts and to try to find a connection between them, to try to answer the question whether love can be argument for euthanasia, and if it can, then why.It tries to find possibilities and ways of action motivated by love, using cases already published of terminally ill people. It searches for the benefits of these findings for the work of a social worker.
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Seniors and their lifestyle
KREJNICKÁ, Kateřina
The gowing percentage of retired people in the population will sooner or later lead us to our personal experience with the subject of retiring age. The active way of life and the positive attitude to the healthcare is very actual. The phenomenon of life style passes through the whole range of age groups including the retired people. My work is divided into two parts. The firsr theoretical part is dedicated to gerontology and to life style. The practical part shows the concrete data and information about the life style of the people older than 75 years. It shows adequate sport activities, food habits and other recommendations in the field of prevention which influence the health condition of retired. The gained data disclose the problem of inadequate diet and high weight.
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Media coverage of the prevention of health problems in selected Czech newspaper and their online forms for the year 2010.
PECHOVÁ, Eva
The authoress of the diploma thesis aims to determine if it is possible for the public to learn serious information by means of media, i.e. information related to the prevention of health problems, and to monitor the state of medialisation of these problems by setting partial targets. The objective of the diploma thesis is to discover if media address such topics which should be medialised, in the view of statistically most frequent causes of death and the perspective of prevention and protection of the public health. The nature of significant health problems and the prevention of what topics should appear in daily newspapers have been determined in accordance with epidemiologic data and frequency of diseases which have been the most common causes of death in the Czech Republic in the long term, and which are summarized, inter alia, in mortality tables of the Czech Statistical Office. Another partial objective is to establish what types of themes appear most frequently, to determine the differences between the online and printed forms of media, and to discover who the authors engaging in these problems are. Two dailies were selected for our research - MfDnes (with its regional supplement Jižní Čechy) and the regional Českobudějovický deník in the printed form, including their supplements, including some of their thematic web pages. The research has also examined three independent magazines.The present diploma thesis is divided into a theoretical part and a research part. The theoretical part summarizes - based on the study of available literature and secondary data analysis - basic information regarding the problems of health and illness, prevention, media, the most common causes of death in the Czech Republic, briefly characterizing individual diseases and risk factors of their origin, as being familiar with such facts is essential for their prevention.The research part approaches the collection and evaluation of data in a combined manner. First, data were collected and studied by analysing documents. Afterwards, data were evaluated by means of qualitative statistics, whereas the methods of so-called descriptive statistics were utilized. The quantitative content analysis - which is usually used for the research into mass media - was used for analysing articles. The acquired data were tested statistically by bivariate analysis method. Copies of dailies and their magazines from 2010 were found in the Research Library of South Bohemia. News servers and thematic web pages were browsed by means of media archive.Individual objectives of the diploma thesis have been met. The reached conclusion stipulates that on the one hand, media do address the prevention of significant health problems; on the other hand, they fail to interconnect it with concrete diseases to an adequate extent. The medialisation of topics related to neoplasms is insufficient. Moreover, the thesis has discovered that the most common themes that media engage in are related to the problems of nutrition/overweight and slimming, both in the online and printed forms of all media analysed. It has been determined that the representation of article topics differ for individual media analysed. The most frequent authors of such articles are women. In most cases, there are most often two or three authors who participate in the medialisation of prevention of health problems. In the authoress?s view, the present diploma thesis may provide feedback to authors who examine issues of the prevention of health problems. In addition, with its illustrative overview of the most common causes of death in the Czech Republic, the thesis might highlight the necessity of medialisation of prevention of some themes; and, contrariwise, it could pinpoint less important, but frequently medialised themes, which take up too much space in both printed and online media.
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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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Stressors operating on patients in hospital care.
PECHOVÁ, Veronika
This diploma thesis is focused on stressors influencing patients in hospital care. The theoretical part describes stress and stressors, the influence of stress on the state of health, and I further deal with health and illness and the importance of the support provided by the patient?s family in the course of treatment. In the practical part I compare results that I obtained from three medical facilities. The first objective of my thesis was to find out what kind of stressors hospitalised patients meet with most frequently. To achieve this objective, I set a hypothesis. H1 ? The extent of stress load in patients depends on the extent of information on their illness, course of treatment and nursing care. Another objective of mine was to compare whether the extent of stress is different in various departments. This is dealt with in the second hypothesis. H2 - The extent of stress is influenced by the type of department in which the patient is hospitalised. My last objective was to find out what helps patients to deal with stressful situations. To achieve this objective, I set the third hypothesis. H3 ? Dealing with stress when staying in hospital depends on the functionality of the patient?s family and the attitude of the nursing staff. To conduct the research I employed the method of quantitative survey in the form of questionnaires. The questionnaire contained altogether 21 questions. I chose three facilities of medical care to obtain the required data. The target group were clients hospitalised in the hospital in České Budějovice, further in the hospital in Český Krumlov and in the hospital in Prachatice. The total number of correctly completed questionnaires is 228, which means that 57% of correctly completed ones out of 400 returned. The results have proved that hypothesis No. 1 has a considerable influence on patients? stress because patients with a high rate of information experience high stress only in 6.9 per cent, while patients with an insufficient rate of information experience high stress up to 58.6 per cent. In hypothesis No. 2, I also succeeded in proving a considerable influence, because up to 20.2 per cent of patients in surgical departments experience high stress, while it is only 5.3 per cent of respondents in internal departments. In hypothesis No. 3, a considerable influence has also been proved, because patients with functioning families experience low stress to a much larger extent, while low stress in patients with non-functioning families was experienced by only a small number of respondents. Similarly, the attitude of medical staffs influences the extent of stress. The results of my research can be offered to various kinds of facilities of medical and social care, to improve the quality of nursing care and eliminate some stressors. Further, these results can be offered to students of various branches of medicine studies. However, this research is of noticeable importance for the comfort of patients in various facilities mentioned above.
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The causes of injuries and deaths in the Czech Republic
VOSÁTKOVÁ, Kristýna
The thesis is titled The causes of injuries and deaths in the Czech Republic. The main objective is to highlight the constantly high death rate caused by car accident injuries and by a hidden threat of heart and cardio-vascular diseases resulting in most people's deaths. The thesis contains two parts: theoretical and practical. The theory includes specific terminology such as health, health determiners and the lifestyle. The next chapter analyzes most frequented diseases in the Czech Republic such as heart and cardio-vascular diseases, tumors, respiratory and digestive tract diseases, death, the most frequented injuries in the Czech republic and suicides. The practical part describes the research findings and results. Two types of questionnaires were used for this purpose. The former one was handed to randomly chosen people who had suffered any injuries. The latter one was given to medical doctors in order to trace the death causes in the course of a year. The questionnaire data were transferred into graphs and charts. The graphs and charts as well as the discusssion outcomes are described in the final part of the thesis. The paragaphs of my thesis contain the bibliographical and website references. In the appendixes both questionnaires are inserted.
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Co-operation of Nurses with Selected Support Groups
SCHRIMPFOVÁ, Pavla
The Bachelor?s Thesis was focused on co-operation of nurses with selected support groups. Four objectives were set. Objective 1: To find out the nurses? awareness of any support groups. Objective 2: To find out if the nurses co-operate with the support groups. Objective 3: To point out to the nurses? collaboration with the support groups. Objective 4: the selected support groups representatives? opinion on their co-operation with the nurses. A quantitative and qualitative investigation was chosen for the purpose of data gathering. The quantity examination was done by questioning method using a way of questionnaire, the quality one was carried out by questioning method using a way of non-standardized dialogue. Two hypotheses and 2 research questions were defined. Hypothesis 1: the nurses are informed about the existence of support groups, it was confirmed. Hypothesis 2: the nurses co-operate with the support groups, it wasn?t confirmed. Research question 1: How do the selected support groups? representatives perceive present co-operation with the nurses? Answer: The nurses? collaboration with support groups differs from according to a particular support group. Representatives of Diabetic Union of the Czech Republic, Local Unit Plzeň evaluate their collaboration with nurses to be ideal. The nurses do lecturing for the Union, they conduct special discussions and take part in meetings in which they provide blood pressure, glycaemia, cholesterol measuring with concerned people. Further, the nurses participate in a Dia-Club operating, they act educationally in re-conditional stays offering sick people any contacts to the Diabetic Union, the Dia-Club and hand over any information brochures. The Breast Carcinoma Patient Association?s representatives - MAMMA HELP CENTRE Plzeň state the nurses don?t collaborate with them at all. Representatives of ILCO Colostomy Patients Association Tábor point out to a fact that only one specialised nurse collaborates with them, she provides contacts, lectures in the colostomy club, she ensures and hands over compensating aids and conducts chatting. Research question 2: What conception do the selected support groups? representatives have as to possibilities of further co-operation with nurses? Answer: The representatives of Diabetic Union of the CR, Local Unit Plzeň wouldn?t change their present co-operation anyhow. The representatives of MAMMA HELP CENTRE Plzeň state the nurses should provide contacts and information about the association; they should show interest in its activity, visit the centre, do lecturing for sick people here and participate in events arranged by the association. The representatives of ILCO colostomy patients Association Tábor state the nurses should provide information about the association with sick people; they should show interest in its activity, participate in arranged events and be engaged more. There is a recommendation for actual setting to create an information leaflet listing of patients? organisations whim them the support groups are effective and this leaflet should be provided with hospital facilities Hospital České Budějovice a.s. and Faculty Hospital Plzeň. Another occasion to make use of gained information might be a seminar arrangement for nurses within life long learning.
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AIDS - a Disease or God´s Punishment?
VOBORNÍKOVÁ, Daniela
Present work deals with the solution of the strain between Jewish-Christian picture of good and loving God and a tragic reality of AIDS phenomenon. The work looks for answers to questions such as: Is a human being able to influence their health by an ethical way of life? To what extend are we responsible for our diseases and difficulties? Is a disease God´s punishment?{\crqq} What is (can be) the sense of a disease? How can we explain the suffering of the innocent? The work looks for the connections between a disease and a sin, between AIDS and an immoral life. The work presents the HIV/AIDS issue as a phenomenon concerning all people without a difference. It solves if it is possible to perceive AIDS as a kind of God punishment for sinful and immoral behaviour of people, as a consequence of structural maleficence or a personal carelessness of a human person. It points out the methods of primary prevention and reminds the task of a Christian to bring Christian values into a human society. The way out is found in the change of thinking and behaviour of people: in the appreciation and acquirement of ethical demands and opening to God blessing for the assumption of belief.
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Nurses and Education of a Chronically Ill Childl
BUSTOVÁ, Lucie
At present the number of children with chronic diseases has steadily risen. To assure as high quality of life as possible, nurses should educate both children and parents. This kind of education belongs to professional pedagogical activities in nursing the aim of which is to achieve patients´ well-being and self-reliance. This thesis is focused on education of a chronically ill child. The Bachelor thesis consists of theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part is aimed at educational process run by a nurse, the methods and principles used, the importance of education, the role of a nurse in professional children´s clinics as well as the disease itself, the family of a chronically ill child and some endocrinological, nephrological, allergological and gastro enterological chronic diseases and educational programmes connected with them. The practical part contains findings of the research survey. A quantitative research method was used, as an interview with 4 nurses working in professional children´s clinics in Strakonice specialised in endocrinology, neurology, allergology and nephrology and with 2 nurses from randomly chosen private professional clinics ? gastroentorology and allergology from March to May. The thesis tried to map the most common problems connected with education of a chronically ill child from the view of a nurse, to find out educational specifics of particular diseases and to learn how much nurses tailor the educational programme to the age of a patient. Four research questions were stated: What do nurses think the most common educational problems of a chronically ill child are? What specific educational principles are used with particular diseases? Do nurses cooperate with parents during the education? Do nurses tailor their educational programmes to the age of a child? Based on the interviews which are shown in case studies and tables, nurses see the biggest problems in noncooperation of a child and his parents together with lack of time and space to provide education. They mostly use specific attitude, clearness, systematic nature and feedback for particular diseases. The aims of the thesis were fulfilled and the research questions responded. It has appeared one more problem that nurses do not record the education. The findings of this thesis can improve the educational programmes and nursing activities for chronically ill children. They can also be used to better training of child patients and their parents and compensation of the chronic diseases.
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