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Fundamentals of Communication, Psychology and Ethics in Medicine

Summary

The subject is conceived as a theoretical and practical whole. He is familiar with the issues of general psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and health psychology. It deals with the role of psychological states in the area of diagnostic and therapeutic activities, the provision of psychological assistance to patients during treatment and the treatment of chronic diseases. These principles of psychology follow ethical and legal norms, with the meaning of mandatory confidentiality and patient rights, principles of communicating truth to the patient, and the principles of ethical code of health

Literature

1. Health care ethics : critical issues for the 21st century. Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2009. xiv, 441 s. ISBN 9780763745264 
2. HYLAND, M. E., DONALDSON, M. L. Psychological Care in Nursing Practice. London : Scutari Press,1989. ISBN 1-8713- 6404-3.

Advised literature

1. Alan Cribb. Health and the good society : setting healthcare ethics in social context. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2005.xiv, 236 s. 9780199242733.
2. Linda Brannon, Jess Feist. Health psychology : an introduction to behavior and health. Belmont : Wadsworth, c2004. xxii, 593 s. : il. ISBN 0534506003 


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 450-2086
Abbreviation ZKPaEvL
Course title Fundamentals of Communication, Psychology and Ethics in Medicine
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator PhDr. Radka Bužgová, Ph.D.