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Dignified dying and death
Dušánková, Anežka ; Marsová, Jana (advisor) ; Brezíková, Eva (referee)
Bachelor thesis with name "Dignified dying and death" deals issue of dignified exit from life. Theoretical part of thesis is focused on mans dignity, dying, death, paliative care, hospice care and euthanasia. Purpose of this thesis is to find out differences in opinions on question about dying and death between students to 26 years old, employed persons to 65 years old and seniors above 70 years old. Between these groups I make quantitative research. I choose questionnaire method. I collected their attitude to dying and death, opinions on euthanasia, ideas about dignified exit from life and what is their knowledge about paliative care and euthanasia. Some results are surprising and alarming. My thesis should lead especially to thought above last days of man.
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Criminal aspects of euthanasie in selected european countries
Matuchová, Helena ; Vokoun, Rudolf (advisor) ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (referee)
Euthanasia is nowadays hot topic not only in terms of societal impact but also in terms of criminal law. This work is devoted to the introduction of the concept of euthanasia, its history and various forms of euthanasia. There is also a view of supranational institutions and organizations to euthanasia. A substantial part of the work is devoted to euthanasia legislation in selected European countries and their analysis. Attention is also focused on the criminal aspect of euthanasia in these countries. One of the final chapters looks back on medially well-known cases, which stirred up a debate on euthanasia. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Communication with dying patient in the ICU from the perspective of nurses
Jordánová, Hana ; Kutnohorská, Jana (advisor) ; Votroubková, Michaela (referee)
Author: Hana Jordánová Institution: Institute of social medicine LF UK in Hradec Králové Nursing care department Name of theses: Communication with dying patients in the ICU from the perspektive of nurses Head of theses: doc. PhDr. Jana Kutnohorská, CSc. Number of pages: 78 Number of attachments: 2 Year of defense: 2014 Key words: Communicetion, stages of dying, dignified dying, intensive care The thesis is focusing o communication with the dying patient in an intensive care from the nurse perspective. Thesis are consists of two main parts, theoretical and practical. Theoretical part describes the various components of general communication and communication and specifics of the dying patient. This part also describes problems of dying in intensive care. Theoretical part aso focus on ethical problems that can be communicate with the dying patient. The empirical part focuses on the detection of communication and nurses emotional skills in communication with the dying patient. The focus of thesis is quantitative research, reached by anonymous questionnaire. The research sample consisted of nurses working in the intesive care unit. Based on the analysis of the research were identified difficulties and suggested solutions in communicating with dying patients.
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Criminal aspects of euthanasie in selected european countries
Matuchová, Helena ; Vokoun, Rudolf (advisor) ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (referee)
Euthanasia is nowadays hot topic not only in terms of societal impact but also in terms of criminal law. This work is devoted to the introduction of the concept of euthanasia, its history and various forms of euthanasia. There is also a view of supranational institutions and organizations to euthanasia. A substantial part of the work is devoted to euthanasia legislation in selected European countries and their analysis. Attention is also focused on the criminal aspect of euthanasia in these countries. One of the final chapters looks back on medially well-known cases, which stirred up a debate on euthanasia. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Dignified dying and death
Dušánková, Anežka ; Marsová, Jana (advisor) ; Brezíková, Eva (referee)
Bachelor thesis with name "Dignified dying and death" deals issue of dignified exit from life. Theoretical part of thesis is focused on mans dignity, dying, death, paliative care, hospice care and euthanasia. Purpose of this thesis is to find out differences in opinions on question about dying and death between students to 26 years old, employed persons to 65 years old and seniors above 70 years old. Between these groups I make quantitative research. I choose questionnaire method. I collected their attitude to dying and death, opinions on euthanasia, ideas about dignified exit from life and what is their knowledge about paliative care and euthanasia. Some results are surprising and alarming. My thesis should lead especially to thought above last days of man.
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The possibility of using elements of palliative care in a nursing home
KADLECOVÁ, Lucie
The thesis focuses on the possibilities to use elements of palliative hospice care in the retirement home. The work describes basic theoretical themes such as human dignity, its interpretation and dignified dying. It also presents basic issues concerning dying and death, ethical problems of different phases of dying, as well as the dying person's needs. The thesis tries to answer the question about the possibility of dignified dying through the use of hospice care. It also defines palliative care provided in hospices as one of the approaches to long-term care of dying people. The research analyses two standards of nursing care in retirement homes The care of a dying person and The care of a dead person. It presents results of its own research method realized through semi-structured interviews with clients of a retirement home. The aim of the research is to find out whether the clients themselves are interested in application of hospice palliative care in the retirement home.
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Attitude toward death and psychical stress of nurses at work stations with an increased risk of death.
VONEŠOVÁ, Petra
The diploma thesis deals with the issue of dying and death within the job of a nurse. Nurses very often see dying and death. Death rate also depends on type of the ward. A healthy person usually does not think about death, but being ill one is uncertain and starts to ask many questions, which may also include questions about dying and death. Meeting a dying person is psychically demanding for the medical staff as well as for the family, friends and the dearest. The medical workers are expected to be professional and empathic. It is a question if the nurses are prepared to face the death and if they can cope with the physical and psychical stress. Long-term excessive psychical stress may result in numerous diseases. A nurse must know how to avoid such negative impacts. The theoretic part of the thesis describes the present status, explains specificities of palliative treatment within intensive care, within care for chronically ill patients and in paediatrics, it specifies attitudes and their functions in connection with difficult life situations. Furthermore, the theoretical part deals with psychical stress imposed on nurses in connection with dying and rules of communication in a multi-disciplinary team within palliative care. There are four objectives of the thesis. The first objective is to find out whether nurses feel ready to meet death after finishing qualification studies. Another objective is to find out whether death rate in the workplace affects psychical stress imposed on the nurses and their attitude to death. The third objective is to find out whether the nurses think that the information and experience gained during studies affected their attitude to death and professional skills of care for dying patients. The research part made use of quantitative research. Data collection was made through anonymous questionnaires. Respondents answered 35 questions. Out of that, 17 questions were closed and 18 questions were semi-closed. The research survey was completed with statistical survey. Nurses, who work in wards with higher risk of death, were contacted. We have made up four hypotheses. H1: Nurses? attitude to death depends on the level of education was not confirmed. The results of research and statistic survey showed that there is no difference in attitude in connection with the level of education reached. H2: Nurses? attitude to death depends on experience with death in personal life was not confirmed either. The respondents? answer showed that their attitude to death is mostly influences by experienced acquired in practice. H3: Death rate reduces psychical stress of nurses, was confimed. The respondents said they had still the same feelings and at most they answered that they did not feel anything, or they did not think about their feelings and they consider the death to be a part of their occupation. H4: Subjective readiness of nurses to meet death does not depend on finishing of qualification studies, but it depends on exeprience acquired in practice. The last hypothesis was confirmed by research and statistic survey, as well. The research and tests of hypothesis have revealed that sufficient attention has not been paid to the issue of care for dying patients within studies. Nurses acquire their experience mostly in practice. Furthermore, the survey showed that it is an important thing to teach the nurses to communicate effectively and to feel empathy. The conclusion, that nurses are more stressed with conflicts at the workplace, bad inter-personnel relationships, low wages than with care for dying patients, is alarming . Thus the labour force is wasted unnecessarily and it is obvious that the occupation of a nurse has not been appreciated properly, yet. Such factors influence quality of the work done and may cause the burn-out syndrome.
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Seniors´ perception of their own dignity
KRŠKOVÁ, Hana
Qualitative research based on a half standardized interview with seniors is aimed at identifying the seniors´ perception of the dignity concerning dignity of merit, moral strength and personal identity, and the related values of every human being, also known as Menschenwürde {--} human dignity. The results show the risk of loss or reduction of dignity in old age. The reasons are external and internal. External reasons include the approach of society and individuals to the elderly, (un) availability of social services for seniors and their families and also the social system. Internal reasons involve the change of the inner self, reduction of self-sufficiency, financial provision, degree of independence, evaluation of the past life, the age and gender. In the highest risk of loss of dignity are the very old, individuals dependent on the care of others and women. The research makes us think about creating decent living conditions for the elderly. The issues of supportive background creation and available home care services for the elderly and possibilities of a better support for families caring for dependent and dying elderly persons are also addressed. On an individual level it is necessary to instruct people, who come into contact with the elderly, with risk factors that may decrease dignity of the elderly and to gain skills for assistance to enhance seniors´ dignity by an appropriate and sensible approach. Perception of dignity changes with a social system. Dignity is an important component of the quality of life perception. Attention must be paid to this issue also in the future. With prolonged longevity of an individual and an active participation in community life up to the old age it should be reconsidered since what age an individual is regarded as old. For example, according to the WHO the early old age starts at 60 years of age. This is what young seniors perceive negatively. They do not consider themselves old even when they are 65 years old.
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