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Course: Thanatology

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Course title Thanatology
Course code KKS/KSTHA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dorková Zlatica, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The importance of teaching thanatology to social work students. Trajectories of illness, dying and death. Social worker in palliative care (hospital palliative care, perinatal palliative care, children's palliative care, home hospice care, inpatient hospice). Management of volunteering in palliative / hospice care. Spiritual care. The concept of care for survivors in the Czech Republic. Educational activity in palliative care (education, research, projects, publications).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course aims to acquaint students with the underlying topics of Thanatology known as the science of dying and death. Emphasis is placed on the bio psycho socio-spiritual approach to the patient, whose aim is to maintain the human dignity of the seriously ill patient/client, to achieve the highest possible quality of life and to avoid unnecessary suffering.
Student - knows his / her competences in palliative and hospice care; - manage patient care in the terminal stage of the disease within a multidisciplinary team; - can carry out social work in palliative and hospice care; - can accompany the dying and grieving; - can take care of the survivors; - can solve ethical problems in providing palliative and hospice care.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

- Recommended attendance at lectures. Credit: - Compulsory reading and review of the publication - the exchange and selection of books will take place at the first lecture (e.g. Expelled Death, Lesson of Life, Light at the End of the Tunnel - Reflections on Life and Dying, What We Most Regret Before Death). - News/projects/research in the field of thanatology, available e.g. at https://paliativecentrum.cz/ or other information platforms. - Completion of the assigned task.
Recommended literature
  • (2006). Vše o léčbě bolesti. Příručka pro sestry.. Praha.
  • CABRNOCH, M. et al. (2016). Výzvy hospicové péče. Čerčany.
  • Haškovcová, H. (2007). Thanatologie: nauka o umírání a smrti. Praha.
  • Kala, M., Dorková, Z. (2017). Paliativní a hospicová péče. Zlín.
  • KÜBLER ROSS, E. (2015). O smrti a umírání: co by se lidé měli naučit od umírajících. Praha.
  • KUBLER-ROSSOVÁ. (2003). O dětech a smrti. Praha.
  • KUPKA, M. (2014). Psychosociální aspekty paliativní péče. Praha.
  • LOUČKA, M. et al. (2015). Organizace mobilní specializované paliativní péče v Evropě. Praha.
  • LOUČKA, M., ŠPINKA, Š., ŠPINKOVÁ, M. (2015). Eutanazie: víme, o čem mluvíme?. PRaha.
  • MARKOVÁ, A. a kol. (2015). Hospic do kapsy: příručka pro domácí paliativní týmy. Praha.
  • NEŠPOROVÁ, O. (2013). O smrti a pohřbívání. Brno.
  • O'Connor, M., Aranda, S. (2005). Paliativní péče pro sestry všech oborů. Praha.
  • Opatrná, M. (2017). Etické problémy v onkologii.. Praha.
  • REITH, M., PAYNE,M. (2009). Social work in end ? of ? life and palliative care. Bristol.
  • Sláma,O., Kabelka, L., Vorlíček, J. (2007). Paliativní medicína pro praxi. Praha.
  • STUDENT, J., MÜHLUM, A., STUDENT, U. (2006). Sociální práce v hospici a paliativní péče. Jinočany.
  • SVATOŠOVÁ, M. (2011). Hospice a umění doprovázet. Kostelní Vydří.
  • Svatošová, M. Víme si rady s duchovními potřebami nemocných?.
  • Šiklová, J. (2013). Vyhoštěná smrt. Praha.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. et al. (2014). O posledních věcech člověka: vybrané kapitoly z thanatologie. Praha.
  • Špatenková, N., Friedlová, M. (2024). Zármutek dětí a dospívajících. Praha.
  • Špatenková, N. (2013). Poradenství pro pozůstalé: principy, proces, metody. Praha.


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Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 29.01.2026 23:53. Data created for academic year 2025/2026