Caritas et veritas, 2020 (vol. 10), issue 1

Editorial

Zuzana Havrdová

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):8-9  

Rozhovor s Martinem Loučkou o paliativní péči

Zuzana Havrdová

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):12-14  

The Concept of Spirituality and Care for the Terminally Ill

Helena Machulová, Tomáš Machula

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):25-35 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.005  

The article deals with the importance of spirituality in the care of terminally ill patients. It is based on the assumption that the spiritual dimension is one of the basic dimensions of human existence and must be taken into account in the care of the sick. Subsequently, it presents a reflection upon the current use of the term spirituality in the professional discourse of helping professions and points out certain difficulties that appear in the definitions of spirituality. The next part presents a definition of spirituality which is based on both the theoretical reflection of the concept and practical experience from a particular hospice facility.

Palliative Care Systems - International Comparison of the Czech Republic and Ireland - Lessons Drawing

Matěj Lejsal, Jiří Krejčí

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):50-64 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.007  

Hospice and palliative care in the Czech Republic has been significantly practice-oriented from the very beginning. Gradually, the professional specialisation of physicians and the professional education of general nurses was added. The growing awareness and interest of the professional and lay public, including political representation, brings the need to embed palliative care in the system of individual branches of social policy as a fully-fledged part of this system. The aim here of comparing strategic documents and processes in the field of palliative care in the Czech Republic and Ireland through an overview study is to contribute to the 'lessons...

Helper Syndrome as a Source of Motivation for Helping Professions in Hospice Care

Monika Vachová

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):75-84 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.009  

It is specific for helping professions that the most common motive for choosing them is the relationship towards help as such. Paradoxically, the personality of the helping worker thus becomes a risk factor for professional work and a potential source of problems. The article focuses on one of the causes of motivation to help, the helper syndrome. The aim is to reflect the work of people with the syndrome in hospice care. We want to point out the risks associated with the relationship of the helper to the dying, caring, and survivors, which also affects the functioning of a multidisciplinary team and the fulfilment of hospice care goals.

Australian Standards for Working with the Family in Palliative Care: Experiences from Practice concerning Implementing Organisational Change

Naděžda Adámková, Michal Růžička

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):100-115 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.011  

The article provides practical experience of the multidisciplinary home hospice care team with organisational change. This change concerns the introduction of Australian standards for patient admission to home hospice care. The aim of the first phase of the research part was to map the current practice of admitting a patient to home hospice care, identify the needs of the team, and prepare the ground for the implementation of organisational change. Based on the obtained data, the team selected and agreed four standards for patient admission. These were implemented in practice in the next phase for a period of three months. The last phase consisted...

Modification of the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Proposal for the Purposes of Empirical Theology (IPA / ET)

Jan Kaňák, Barbora Racková

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):129-142 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.013  

The article deals with the possibility of using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis as a basis for the theological-social science framework of the research data analysis in the context of empirical theology. It first points out the possibility of interconnecting the theological and social science worldviews. Then it defines guidelines for such an interconnection. In the last part of the article, a model proposal for the analysis and interpretation of research data is formulated. The text is understood as a possible starting point for a wider discussion on the proposed model.

The Commandment 'Love your Neighbour as Yourself' in the Epistle of James

Július Pavelčík

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):159-175 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.015  

The Old Testament commandment 'love your neighbour as yourself' (Leviticus 19:18, further referred to as the commandment to love one's neighbour as well) has an indisputably privileged position among other commandments not only in Jesus' teachings but also in Paul's ethical challenges, as well as in the Epistle of James. The commandment is found in the individual New Testament books in various contexts. These, in a specific way, emphasise its extraordinary importance in the life of early Christian communities. This study deals with the interpretation of the commandment to love one's neighbour in the Epistle of James (2:8). Its specific concept is fundamentally...

Overcoming Despair: Open Soul, Hope in Dialogue

Zuzana Svobodová

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):176-183 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2020.016  

According to Gabriel Marcel, no task is more important and more complex than looking for ways of confronting and overcoming despair. Therefore, the search for the essence of hope is the objective of this paper. Reference is made to the theme of the open soul in Henri Bergson's, Gabriel Marcel's, and Jan Patočka's works. Such a soul is not centred in itself; moreover, according to Marcel, hope and soul are intrinsically linked together. Hope opens people towards the future. The concept of hope in the biblical context is shown briefly, according to which hope is in God (Ps 62:5), while God is coming to man. At the same time, biblical texts sketch a pathway...

Miroslav NOVÁK et al., Úvod do studia politiky

Milan Nakonečný

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):184  

Marcus du SAUTOY, Co nemůžeme poznat. Výprava na hranice vědění

Milan Nakonečný

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):185-186  

Stanislav PŘIBYL, Mariánský sloup. V souvislostech víry a ducha

Ctirad Václav Pospíšil

Caritas et veritas 2020, 10(1):187-189