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Borderline life situations in seriously ill and dying patients. A space for established religions, or for alternative spirituality?
MARYŠKOVÁ, Jana
The dissertation deals with one of the spheres of the Church?s action in society, specifically the function of caring for the ill in the form of clinical pastoral care in the context of the borderline life situations of patients suffering of a serious illness, in confrontation with so-called alternative spirituality. It asks whether a serious illness is a space for Christianity in the form of clinical pastoral work, or for alternative spirituality, especially with respect to the secular Czech context. To this purpose the theoretical part of the work first stipulates basic and partial criteria for the Church?s practice and then analyses the contemporary social context in which this practice is realised. As the analyses show, the Czech context is characterised by the extremely low interest of Czech people in Christianity on the one hand, but a high interest in magical phenomena on the other hand. This context is then also examined in the empirical part of the dissertation, whose results correspond to the theoretical points of departure and show that the borderline life situations of seriously ill patients open in many of them a space for alternative spirituality as a support system in a difficult life situation. A further part of the work then compares the current practice of the Church with the stipulated criteria and reflects on it theologically. This reflection leads to the stipulation of two criteria ? diakonia and martyria, which enable clinical pastoral care to be a partner in dialogue not only with Christians, but also with patients of alternative faiths, and to react to their spiritual, existential, and possibly even religious needs. The concluding part of the dissertation is devoted to the self-conception of clinical pastoral work in a secular institution. The points of departure here are, among other things, the conception of the chaplaincy service in the Czech Armed Forces and the character of categorial pastoral care, leading to the conclusion that although clinical pastoral care meets the helping professions in many aspects and on the other hand differs from traditional pastoral care in parishes, it can ? similarly to the army situation ? be conceived as a form of pre-evangelism.
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Insurance of serious illnesses
Rezek, Vojtěch ; Ducháčková, Eva (advisor) ; Černochová, Martina (referee)
This bachelors thesis deals with the insurance of serious illnesses and its significance in the insurance market in the Czech Republic. Firstly, the thesis outlines the basic characteristics of this insurance and the types of serious illnesses it covers. In addition, the history of the development of this type of insurance in the world insurance market and its use in the Czech environment is briefly discussed. Furthermore, this dissertation lists the technical parameters of the insurance in the insurance contract and their practical utilization. Moreover, the specifics of the most serious illnesses from multiple expert perspectives are discussed, followed by examining the modern trends in this insurance policy. The second part of this thesis analyses statistical data on the number of diagnoses and deaths of serious illnesses in a given period of time, thus determining the frequency of these illnesses. Additionally, state financial support in cases of serious illnesses is discussed. The thesis concludes with the calculations of the insurance premiums in serious illness insurance, comparing different insurers and the amount of indemnity in the given period. The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the statistical data concerning the insurance of serious illnesses, affirming the importance of obtaining insurance of this health risk in life insurance contracts on the basis of the analysis carried out in the practical part of the thesis.
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Risk Life Insurance
Stárková, Veronika ; Ducháčková, Eva (advisor) ; Daňhel, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis focuses on the Risk Life Insurance of the Czech insurance market offering coverage just for serious health risks without any investment or savings component. Assessment of the Risk Life Insurance offer is based on the findings of the general and special insurance conditions as well as on the gained draft insurance contracts worked on the model setting. The aim of the thesis is the analysis of the main coverage which is in all cases the life insurance along with the offer of the complementary insurance for case of death, disability, cancer or severe diseases. The emphasis is on the scope of risks coverage and the insurance conditions which are considered to be an insurance event.
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