Content
- Lectures: 30 hours
- Independent work: 60 hours
Subject carrier
Description
1. DEFINING THE AREA OF PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE
a. Palliative care
b. Hospice care
c. The state of palliative and hospice care in Slovenia
2. ATTITUDE TO DYING AND DEATH THROUGHOUT HISTORY UNTIL TODAY
a. Changing attitudes at the level of the individual, society
b. The concept of tabooing / detabooing dying and death
3. RELIEF AND MANAGEMENT OF INCURABLE DISEASE SYMPTOMS
a. Physical (body) symptoms
b. Ethical issues
c. Psychosocial distress
d. The spiritual aspect
4. THE COURSE OF INCURABLE DISEASE
a. Stages in the course of an incurable disease
b. Dying
c. Inclusion of palliative / hospice care
5. DEALING WITH DYING AND DEATH
a. Coping with the terminally ill / dying
b. Facing relatives
c. Coping with healthcare workers
6. CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE INCURABLE ILL AND HIS RELATIVES
a. Basic principles of communication in palliative / hospice care
b. Tools to facilitate communication
7. MOURNING PROCESS
a. Types and stages of mourning
b. Support during times of mourning
8. CHILDREN IN PALLIATIVE / HOSPICE CARE
a. A child’s/adolescent’s perception of dying and death
b. Help and support for a grieving child and his parents
