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Medical Services from the Point of View of People with a Sight Handicap
Nováková Peršínová, Lenka ; Holmerová, Iva (advisor) ; Jarolímová, Eva (referee)
My thesis deals with the provision of medical services to people with a severe sight handicap. My research focuses on fully blind people. The aim of my thesis is to find out the situation of these people within medical facilities. I try to reveal blind people's experience of how healthcare workers communicate with them, how well prepared healthcare professionals are and how blind people themselves are prepared. I also examine what technical obstacles are encountered by blind people in medical facilities during the provision of medical services. My research is conducted by means of a quality approach and I have held semi-structured interviews with 16 informants. The theoretical section of my thesis includes a brief anatomy and physiology of the optic tract, the development of visual perception, visual impairment classification according to the WHO, the most common types of eye defects, a brief description of the development of persons with a visual impairment, a brief psychology of a handicap, what people with a visual impairment need to have a good spatial orientation and the possibility of unassisted locomotion, the requirements for healthcare facilities to be able to be used without barriers, the principles of being in contact and communicating with persons with a sight handicap, a model governmental...
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