Social worker as a member of the hospital palliative care team

The bachelor thesis deals with the topic of "Social worker in the team of palliative care in hospital". The thesis consists of two parts: theoretical and practical. In the theoretical one, there is firstly covered the topic of death and dying from the Christian theology point of view. Then, the definitions of the palliative care are mentioned and is described its history both in the world and in the Czech Republic. Consequently, the thesis deals with the current state of palliative care in the Czech Republic, what kind of projects are nowadays in process to implement the care for the environment in hospital and the importance of multidisciplinary team itself. Another part is devoted to social worker in palliative care. It is deeply described how the social work has been evolving in this field as well as its position. It is also pointed to the activities of social worker and described the professional and personal credentials he or she should have. The end of theoretical part is focused on the right worker's attitude to seriously sick people and accompanying their relatives. In the practical part, the example of good practice of palliative care is described in Ústřední vojenská nemocnice in Prague. It was answered on the following questions: What was the development of palliative care in that..