- Social Work, Social Work Education, Human Services & Social Work, Palliative Care, International Social Work, Pedagogy of Social Work, and 21 moreEnd Of Life Studies, History of the Social Work Profession, Social Work for Elderly, Workforce Issues, Mental Health, Chaos Theory, Nursing, History of Humanities, Dying in a human way as the example of social education about end-of-life in Poland, Quality of Life of Elderly in End of Life Care, Wolontariat Hospicyjny_podrecznik, detention centers and hospices_Polish experience, short history of hospice movement in Poland - english, prisoners in hospice - POLAND, historia ruchu hospicyjnego w Polsce, newly added book about history of hospice-palliative care in Poland, INTEGRATED CARE FOR ADVANCED COPD PATIENTS, Philosophy, Community Development, Self and Identity, and Sociology of Religionedit
- Piotr Krakowiak works currently as Professor of UMK University in Torun being Head of the Department of Social Work t... morePiotr Krakowiak works currently as Professor of UMK University in Torun being Head of the Department of Social Work there. He has lengthy career in hospice-palliative care as volunteer, chaplain, psychologist, volunteers' coordinator, managing director of Gdansk Hospice, and Founder of Hospice Foundation Poland, before moving in 2010 into a teachingedit
Od 1981 roku w Polsce dziala opieka paliatywno-hospicyjna, a do jej powstania przyczynili sie kardynal Karol Wojtyla - Papiez Jan Pawel II, czy Dr Cicely Saunders. Ja od dzialan grupy wolontariuszy udalo sie dojśc do dzialania kilkuset... more
Od 1981 roku w Polsce dziala opieka paliatywno-hospicyjna, a do jej powstania przyczynili sie kardynal Karol Wojtyla - Papiez Jan Pawel II, czy Dr Cicely Saunders. Ja od dzialan grupy wolontariuszy udalo sie dojśc do dzialania kilkuset profesjonalnych ośrodkow stacjonarnej i domowej opieki dla doroslych i dla dzieci? Ksiązka Solidarni jest pierwszą wydaną w jezyku polskim i angielskim ilustracją tego fenomenu. Sklada sie z czterech cześci. Pierwsza cześc jest opisem dziejow ruchu hospicyjnego w Polsce, z ukazaniem roli kościola katolickiego i wplywem ruchu spolecznego "Solidarnośc". System opieki paliatywno-hospicyjnej zostal po latach wlączony do opieki zdrowotnej w Polsce, bedąc dalej ruchem spolecznym przez szereg akcji charytatywnych i edukacyjnych. Wspomnienia i przemyślenia 26 osob: wolontariuszy, pracownikow i liderow opieki, ukazują ją z indywidualnych perspektyw. W Polsce dziala ponad 400 ośrodkow domowej i stacjonarnej opieki paliatywno-hospicyjnej, co stawia Pol...
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Being aware of the tradition of research on spirituality in theology and the existence of detailed publications and research concerning psychology of religion and religiosity in psychology as well as other sciences in Poland, the authors... more
Being aware of the tradition of research on spirituality in theology and the existence of detailed publications and research concerning psychology of religion and religiosity in psychology as well as other sciences in Poland, the authors propose the recognition and adaptation of the FICA tool for spirituality research. The belief in the importance of deepening the knowledge and providing tools to research spirituality of human existence results from a long practice of the authors in palliative and hospital care. Understanding a difficulty in operationalizing the category of spirituality, they attempted at searching for a method that would be applicable to persons at the end of their lives as well as to all the suffering. Having analyzed the research tools built by Polish science as well as available ones on religiosity and spirituality the following paper aims at presenting the unknown FICA tool (F – Faith and Believe, I – Importance, C – Community, A – Address in Care) in Poland by...
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The growth of life expectancy in Central Eastern Europe and increase in the number of older people in that region are the consequences of changes in the 1990s period, connected to transition from the communism into a market economy.... more
The growth of life expectancy in Central Eastern Europe and increase in the number of older people in that region are the consequences of changes in the 1990s period, connected to transition from the communism into a market economy. Central Eastern Europe is already facing consequences of fast ageing and insufficient development of state health care and social services. Those result in gaps in the provision of end-of-life care and overburden of family caregivers. This essay addresses gaps in end-of-life care, showing the development of hospice-palliative care on one side, and highlighting main problems with long-term care on the other. There is scarce support for informal caregivers and lack of cooperation between health and social care. End-of-life care is over medicalized in hospice-palliative care and hardly existing in long-term care. Dying is more a social than medical event, and as such, it should be cared for by compassionate communities, encouraging cooperation of profession...
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Preliminary report on ethnographic research conducted by a team of 4 researchers from Poland in Scotland with the participation of group of economic, migrants from Poland in, employed legally in home-based care in Edinburgh & Livingston.... more
Preliminary report on ethnographic research conducted by a team of 4 researchers from Poland in Scotland with the participation of group of economic, migrants from Poland in, employed legally in home-based care in Edinburgh & Livingston. The project was developed and undertaken from April 2017 to April 2018. The main research question was: What kind of disability and care concepts held migrants from Poland employed in home-based care? The collected data from focus groups and individual interviews allowed to generate basic codes and categories of disability and care concepts in the opinions of migrants from Poland. Among them are: the concept of disability and care and detailed subcategories of care, such as: care tasks & duties, care norms & rules, care & taboo, care burdens & difficulties, care values for caregivers, caregivers and artifacts related to home-based care. The research allowed for the development of 3 main themes related to: femininity issues and care for elderly femal...
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In the last few years many researches have emerged in which quality of life of terminally ill patients has been a main focus of attention. Some evaluation methods have been used in elderly population too. Our paper presents results of a... more
In the last few years many researches have emerged in which quality of life of terminally ill patients has been a main focus of attention. Some evaluation methods have been used in elderly population too. Our paper presents results of a study concerning the problem of QL of patients in the terminal state in institutional care for elderly people. The terminally ill over the age 65 were compared with those of the same aged men and women without cancer and those aged 64 and younger suffering from cancer too. Self-assessment of health and QL was compared with objective evaluation of the health state. We hope this study will give the opportunity to make the QL of our patients better and quality of care more effective.
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W wielu badaniach wykazano, ze istnieje potrzeba poprawy opieki nad pacjentami z zaawansowaną przewleklą obturacyjną chorobą pluc (POChP). U osob z zaawansowaną postacią POChP wystepują liczne choroby wspolistniejące: nadciśnienie plucne,... more
W wielu badaniach wykazano, ze istnieje potrzeba poprawy opieki nad pacjentami z zaawansowaną przewleklą obturacyjną chorobą pluc (POChP). U osob z zaawansowaną postacią POChP wystepują liczne choroby wspolistniejące: nadciśnienie plucne, serce plucne, choroba wiencowa, niedozywienie, choroba naczyniowa, osteoporoza, dysfunkcja mieśni szkieletowych. Pacjenci coraz gorzej radzą sobie z chorobą i slabiej wspolpracują z lekarzem, co dodatkowo nasilają depresja i lek, upośledzenie sprawności umyslowej oraz spadek aktywności poznawczej. Niedostateczne umiejetności radzenia sobie z chorobą oraz niestosowanie sie do zalecen lekarza przyczyniają sie do niekorzystnego przebiegu choroby oraz czestych zaostrzen wymagających hospitalizacji. Nie kazdy chory moze liczyc na wsparcie rodziny. Brak wiedzy na temat choroby oraz jej rozpoznawania i leczenia, niemoznośc objecia pacjenta codzienną opieką oraz, w przypadku niektorych rodzin, brak środkow finansowych, mogą prowadzic do niewystarczającego ...
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The process of passing loss and bereavement is a difficult period for any human being. At this particular time, it is important to remember to support the child in dealing with loss and grief. Unfortunately, it can happen that the closest... more
The process of passing loss and bereavement is a difficult period for any human being. At this particular time, it is important to remember to support the child in dealing with loss and grief. Unfortunately, it can happen that the closest environment, such as family and school is not able to help the mourner properly, especially the children and youth in this silent fight. Support from family and teachers is as needed as help from the various professionals. This article is a review of forms of support in bereaved children and youth, with emphasize on practical methods performed by educators. The paper includes the analysis of forms used in order to help bereaved children in returning to better function in society.
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Creating programmes combining penitentiary area with hospice-palliative care and voluntary work in different countries is an interesting direction of implementing the ideals of hospice. The first part of this publication refers to the... more
Creating programmes combining penitentiary area with hospice-palliative care and voluntary work in different countries is an interesting direction of implementing the ideals of hospice. The first part of this publication refers to the description of major initiatives for the reintegration of prisoners through hospice voluntary work. In 2009 Poland was awarded ‘The Crystal Scales of Justice’ thanks to a programme called ‘WHAT’ (hospice voluntary work as a tool of acceptance and tolerance for people leaving penal institutions). The project was aimed at social reintegration of prisoners through volunteering for a hospice located outside prison. The results of several years of satisfactory cooperation between the hospice and prison in Gdansk were passed over to penitentiary counsellors and hospice teams in ten cities in Poland. The results of the initial research show that involving prisoners in a hospice team, where they face suffering and dying, improves their psychosocial functioning...
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The need for mobilization of local communities to the aging population and the increase in the number of subsidiaries and dependent in their homes, raises the question about the role of volunteering and its associated social forces and... more
The need for mobilization of local communities to the aging population and the increase in the number of subsidiaries and dependent in their homes, raises the question about the role of volunteering and its associated social forces and its possible impact on improving care at the end of life in Poland. Is the successful operation of palliative and hospice care and change of public awareness to the area of social action can be deployed to sensitize society to the needs of all persons at the end of life? What conditions must be met in order to difficult in many respects the situation seriously ill patients and informal caregivers, especially in home care, would support the involvement of volunteers from the local communities? Is it possible the involvement of the parish, which is one of the basic elements of local communities, to create a strategy for integrated care at end of life with the participation of volunteer work? These questions will try to answer this article, describing th...
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Chaplaincy of health care and social assistance in Poland is facing new challenges related to education and the introduction of spiritual care. Hospice chaplaincy has developed a culture of collaboration, which helps in new educational... more
Chaplaincy of health care and social assistance in Poland is facing new challenges related to education and the introduction of spiritual care. Hospice chaplaincy has developed a culture of collaboration, which helps in new educational methods for chaplains. Pastoral team of clergy and laity is the subject of this work, when the traditional chaplaincy is combined with teamwork and recognition of the spiritual needs in care. The search for new forms of pastoral care during postgraduate studies in pastoral care will lead to changes only when it will be consistently implemented. Due to changes in society chaplains should be able to meet the needs of spiritual seekers or people unrelated to any of the faith-communities. To explore these needs the right tools are needed and such spiritual needs tools, adapted to the Polish language will be presented, with the hope that they could be useful in the pastoral and spiritual care.
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Since 1981, in Poland exist modern hospice-palliative care, and to its foundation contributed among others Cardinal Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II, and Dr. Cicely Saunders. How come from the actions of a group of volunteers we could... more
Since 1981, in Poland exist modern hospice-palliative care, and to its foundation contributed among others Cardinal Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II, and Dr. Cicely Saunders. How come from the actions of a group of volunteers we could arrive to several hundred professional stationary and home care centers for adults and children? In Solidarity (Gdansk 2015, available as open source at: www.fundacjahospicyjna.pl) is the first book published in Polish and English as illustration of this phenomenon. It consists of five parts. The first part is a description of the history of the hospice movement in Poland, showing the particular role of the Catholic Church and the influence as social movement of "Solidarity". The hospice-palliative care was after years included in the healthcare system in Poland, being still referred to as a social movement by a number of charitable and educational activities. Memories and thoughts of 26 people: volunteers, employees and leaders of care, sho...
In addition to the traditional model of individual pastoral assistance chaplains exist in many countries, pastoral care team with the participation of clergy and laity, open to ecumenical and interreligijną cooperation for the sake of... more
In addition to the traditional model of individual pastoral assistance chaplains exist in many countries, pastoral care team with the participation of clergy and laity, open to ecumenical and interreligijną cooperation for the sake of spiritual and religious needs of residents. Also in Poland, pastoral care teams should take care not to, with respect for religious and cultural diversity. In order to do this effectively we need new tools to study the spiritual needs, in addition to the traditional tools of pastoral care and sacramental care. There are numerous tools for studying religion, but the lack of working tools study the spiritual needs of the residents. Such an assumption meets the qualitative questionnaire FICA by prof. Christina M. Puchalski. His adaptation into Polish can help you turn a practical spiritual dimension in the care process.
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Hospice and palliative care in Central and Eastern European countries benefits from volunteers involved in a variety of services. The variety of volunteering across the region reflects diverse political, economic, and legal situations in... more
Hospice and palliative care in Central and Eastern European countries benefits from volunteers involved in a variety of services. The variety of volunteering across the region reflects diverse political, economic, and legal situations in post-communist countries. Poland led palliative care in the 1980s with other countries following in the 1990s. Polish palliative care started with volunteers, the Catholic Church and the country’s first non-governmental organizations running home centres with care incorporated into health care systems after the democratic changes of 1989. That brought financing from the national health insurance with a greater role for paid staff. Poland has played a leading role in the Central and Eastern Europe in the development of palliative care and hospice volunteering. Volunteers across the region now work together with paid staff in various forms of hospice and palliative care centres providing patient care, psychosocial support, and are engaged in charity w...
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The authors of the article undertook the task of the analyzing the current research on economic migration of Poles to Great Britain. The analyzed phenomenon was considered in the perspective of a difficult situation according to Tadeusz... more
The authors of the article undertook the task of the analyzing the current research on economic migration of Poles to Great Britain. The analyzed phenomenon was considered in the perspective of a difficult situation according to Tadeusz Tomaszewski which allows us look at the economic migration dynamically considering environmental (socio-cultural) and individual (psychological) factors. The economic migration is presented as a difficult situation because it is new, complex and usually long-term and involves a lot of varying internal and external conditions. Many factors affect the course of migration stemming from the country of origin and host country. The most important ones have been characterized within the text. The final conclusions refer to normalizing conditions of emigration which depend on harmonization of the three elements: tasks resulting from migration, environmental conditions and migrant competences.
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11 Background: Real life observations suggest hospice caregiving may result in physical health deterioration of family caregivers; they are less likely to participate in health-related initiatives and frequently don’t benefit from the... more
11 Background: Real life observations suggest hospice caregiving may result in physical health deterioration of family caregivers; they are less likely to participate in health-related initiatives and frequently don’t benefit from the most optimal medical care. Data reporting caregivers’ medical needs are rather scarce. Methods: The estimation of needs for specialist medical care aimed at family caregivers was carried out based on the activity called Open Day of Health Prophylaxis (ODHP – free consultations with specialists, ultrasound examinations and mammography) held annually at Rev. Eugeniusz Dutkiewicz SAC Hospice, Gdańsk, Poland during three consecutive years (2014 - 2018). In total, 715 medical consultations (median: 3 per caregiver, range: 1 - 6), 172 ultrasound, and 31 mammogram examinations were provided). The level of satisfaction expressed by the ODHP participants was also analyzed. Demographic, medical data, and involvement in the caregiving were analyzed based on consu...
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Wstep. Starzenie sie spoleczenstwa, wzrost liczby osob przewlekle chorych i starszych wymagających opieki stanowią wyzwanie dla systemu ochrony zdrowia i pomocy spolecznej w calej Unii Europejskiej. Dzieki dzialaniom Ministerstwa Zdrowia... more
Wstep. Starzenie sie spoleczenstwa, wzrost liczby osob przewlekle chorych i starszych wymagających opieki stanowią wyzwanie dla systemu ochrony zdrowia i pomocy spolecznej w calej Unii Europejskiej. Dzieki dzialaniom Ministerstwa Zdrowia i Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej nowy zawod opiekun medyczny zostal wprowadzony do klasyfikacji szkolnictwa zawodowego. Cel pracy. Celem niniejszej pracy bylo określenie motywacji do podjecia ksztalcenia w zawodzie opiekuna medycznego, określenie jakie trudności postrzegają uczniowie w ksztalceniu oraz jakie obawy i oczekiwania wiązą sie z przyszlą pracą oraz z zespolowym sprawowaniem opieki nad chorymi w instytucjach i opiece domowej. Material i metody. Badanie przeprowadzono w Wojewodzkim Zespole Szkol Policealnych w Chojnicach, wśrod 90 sluchaczy kierunku „Opiekun Medyczny” rocznika 2009–2011 bezpośrednio po zakonczeniu ksztalcenia. Uzyto anonimowego kwestionariusza wlasnego autorstwa. Wyniki. W badanej grupie 0,63 jako powod podjecia ksztalcenia na kierunku opiekun medyczny wskazalo odpowiedź: „chce pracowac jako opiekun medyczny, poniewaz jest to zawod, w ktorym moge sie realizowac jako osoba pomagająca drugiemu czlowiekowi”. Odpowiedź: „wiąze nadzieje z zawodem opiekuna medycznego” wskazalo 0,47 badanych, a 0,03 badanych bylo pracownikami sluzby zdrowia pragnącymi zmienic swoje dotychczasowe stanowisko pracy. Wnioski. Praca w zawodzie, w ktorym pomoc osobom chorym, opieka nad nimi wymaga nie tylko przyswojenia wiedzy, wprowadzania do codziennej praktyki etycznej i pelnej empatii postawy, jest trudnym zadaniem. Nalezy podkreślic, ze 0,95 badanych osob ksztalcących sie w zawodzie opiekuna medycznego deklarowalo, ze ,,czuje zadowolenie i satysfakcje z niesienia pomocy drugiemu czlowiekowi”. W ocenie autorow jest to istotny motyw, aby zarowno rozpocząc ksztalcenie w zawodzie opiekuna medycznego, jak i podjąc prace w tym zawodzie.
Der Einsatz von Teamarbeit und guter Praxis in der Palliativ- und Hospizpflege institutioneller und hauslicher Betreuung Nach dem Jahr 1945 wurde in kurzer Zeit in allen Ostblockstaaten, dementsprechend auch in Polen, das Sozial- und... more
Der Einsatz von Teamarbeit und guter Praxis in der Palliativ- und Hospizpflege institutioneller und hauslicher Betreuung Nach dem Jahr 1945 wurde in kurzer Zeit in allen Ostblockstaaten, dementsprechend auch in Polen, das Sozial- und Gesundheitssystem verstaatlicht. Davon waren u. a. christliche Stiftungen, Vereine, Bruderschaftskrankenhauser, Waisenheime, Pflegeheime und Caritaszentren betroffen, die uber Jahrhunderte von religiosen Orden gefuhrt worden waren (Krakowiak 2012).
There is a lack of studies evaluating the prevalence of smoking habit among Polish priests. Due to difficulties in receiving permission from catholic authorities to perform questionnaire study we attempted to assess the prevalence of... more
There is a lack of studies evaluating the prevalence of smoking habit among Polish priests. Due to difficulties in receiving permission from catholic authorities to perform questionnaire study we attempted to assess the prevalence of cigarette smoking among priests from one religious congregation. The aim of the study was also to analyze factors influencing smoking habits in this group. The anonymous questionnaire was sent to all Polish Pallotins and students of Pallotin Seminary in Ołtarzew. Only one fourth of them--138 subjects in the age from 20 to 92 yrs (mean age 37.7 yrs)--answered the questionnaire. Among them were 72 priests aged 27-92 yrs. (mean age 50.7 yrs) and 66 students in the age 20-41 yrs (mean age 23.7 yrs.). The rate of current smokers among priests was 13.9%, including 11.1% of daily smokers and 2.8% occasional smokers. The rates of daily and occasional smokers among Seminary students were 4.5% and 6.1%, respectively. Cigarette smoking in the past was reported by ...
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European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) i s a scientific society, which brings together several thousand people involved in various forms of activity in palliative care - including representatives of the medical & social fields,... more
European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) i s a scientific society, which brings together several thousand people involved in various forms of activity in palliative care - including representatives of the medical & social fields, but also the spiritual carers, volunteers and family carers (www.eapcnet.eu). Currently EAPC members are the representatives of 56 organizations from 32 European countries. Poland is represented by: Polish Society of Palliative Medicine, which brings together mainly physicians and Polish Society of Palliative Care, bringing together nurses and other professionals as well as other staff and volunteers palliative and hospice care. The expression of a broad educational activity of the EAPC are held every two years, the world congresses. Fourteen was held on 8-10 May 2015 in Copenhagen under the theme Building Bridges. Infact those days helped to buildi bridges between different groups and representatives of many disciplines, cultures, regions and conti...
Loneliness experienced by family caregivers of the chronically ill in their homes is described starting with different aspects of solitude in social sciences. Family care as part of informal care should cooperate with formal careers from... more
Loneliness experienced by family caregivers of the chronically ill in their homes is described starting with different aspects of solitude in social sciences. Family care as part of informal care should cooperate with formal careers from health and social systems. Welfare institutions and home care in Poland are described in front of growing challenges of ageing societies in Europe. Good practices and practical recommendations for local communities, including better coordination of care, as well as support for family caregivers at risk of loneliness and other difficulties are offered as a conclusion of this report.
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W publikacji obok autorskiego podejścia biograficznego użyto w tej publikacji metodologii badań w działaniu. Ten rodzaj aktywności badawczej pozwalał na uzyskanie korzystnych zmian w życiu badanych osób i pozytywnych przeobrażeń w ich... more
W publikacji obok autorskiego podejścia biograficznego użyto w tej publikacji metodologii badań w działaniu. Ten rodzaj aktywności badawczej pozwalał na uzyskanie korzystnych zmian w życiu badanych osób i pozytywnych przeobrażeń w ich środowiskach życiowych. Opis obejmuje przygotowania i realizuję kolejnych etapów projektu rozwoju wolontariatu hospicyjnego „Lubię pomagać”(2007-2010), którego dotyczą prezentowane w tej książce badania w działaniu. Publikacja składa się z sześciu rozdziałów. Rozpoczyna ją rozważanie na temat wybranych metodologii, po którym przedstawiono proces dojrzewania do podjęcia badań w działaniu w środowisku opieki paliatywno-hospicyjnej. Są tam opisy trzyletniego projektu rozwoju wolontariatu hospicyjnego „Lubię pomagać” i prezentacja trzech jego etapów oraz stworzonych w ich wyniku narzędzi edukacyjnych i osiągniętych rezultatów. W ostatnim rozdziale tej pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań ukazujące efektywność opisywanego projektu. Publikacja jest cennym źródłem wiedzy dla wszystkich osób zainteresowanych wolontariatem, opieką paliatywną, hospicjami, pracą socjalną, wsparciem duchowym, a także każdym aspektem opieki u kresu życia, pomocy po stracie i towarzyszenia w żałobie. Osoby wykorzystujące metodologię badania w działaniu (action research) znajdą w tej książce przykład działań zaangażowanego badacza, wykorzystującego wyniki badań w praktyce.
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Our world is changing rapidly. The process of globalization also affects more and more the daily life of those people who are not in forefront of society. The effects of our globalized world can be experienced in the daily life of... more
Our world is changing rapidly. The process of globalization also
affects more and more the daily life of those people who are not in
forefront of society. The effects of our globalized world can be experienced in the daily life of everyone. On the one hand there are many
positive aspects which improve the life of people and offer greater
opportunities for many. On the other hand, however, there are also
the dark sides of this globalization which are creating new distances
and enlarging the gap between the rich and the poor.
This changing scenario places a greater challenge before the
Church and its mission in our post-modern world. (...) The vastness and variety of the socio-charitable activities performed by Pallottines over the years, and still present in all the continents, is too big to be covered in this small publication. Its intention, however, is to outline some basic reflections on the themes related to socio-charitable apostolate in SAC,
to acknowledge those great and unique efforts and at the same time
motivate one another towards this apostolate which is so close to the
heart of Jesus.
affects more and more the daily life of those people who are not in
forefront of society. The effects of our globalized world can be experienced in the daily life of everyone. On the one hand there are many
positive aspects which improve the life of people and offer greater
opportunities for many. On the other hand, however, there are also
the dark sides of this globalization which are creating new distances
and enlarging the gap between the rich and the poor.
This changing scenario places a greater challenge before the
Church and its mission in our post-modern world. (...) The vastness and variety of the socio-charitable activities performed by Pallottines over the years, and still present in all the continents, is too big to be covered in this small publication. Its intention, however, is to outline some basic reflections on the themes related to socio-charitable apostolate in SAC,
to acknowledge those great and unique efforts and at the same time
motivate one another towards this apostolate which is so close to the
heart of Jesus.
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In Solidarity. Hospice-Palliative Care in Poland, Gdansk, 2015, 437 pages. More than 400 palliative and hospice centres, thousands of employees and volunteers forming interdisciplinary teams caring for the terminally ill and their... more
In Solidarity. Hospice-Palliative Care in Poland, Gdansk, 2015, 437 pages.
More than 400 palliative and hospice centres, thousands of employees and volunteers forming interdisciplinary teams caring for the terminally ill and their families, and many thousands of people who have benefited from this care – such is the outcome of the 30 years’ plus existence of the hospice movement and palliative medicine in Poland.
Those years were filled with endeavours to give people approaching the end of their lives the chance of dying with dignity, without pain, surrounded by their close ones, with no regard for their age, sex, religion or wealth. These were years of co-operation, combining professional medical and non-medical assistance with the commitment of volunteers, while preserving the common goal of interdisciplinary teams.
The editors’ intention was to present the history of the establishment of hospice-palliative care in Poland as broadly as possible: by identifying its sources and inspirations, through the personal experiences of people involved in end-of-life care and the stories of particular palliative and hospice centres and the organizations supporting them. We encourage you to read the content of this unique publication.
A. Janowicz, P. Krakowiak, A. Stolarczyk [ed.], In Solidarity. Hospice-Palliative Care in Poland, Gdansk 2015, 437 pages, ISBN: 978-83-9400626-3-7.
More information about online open source in English: http://www.fundacjahospicyjna.pl/en/activities/social-education/in-solidarity
More than 400 palliative and hospice centres, thousands of employees and volunteers forming interdisciplinary teams caring for the terminally ill and their families, and many thousands of people who have benefited from this care – such is the outcome of the 30 years’ plus existence of the hospice movement and palliative medicine in Poland.
Those years were filled with endeavours to give people approaching the end of their lives the chance of dying with dignity, without pain, surrounded by their close ones, with no regard for their age, sex, religion or wealth. These were years of co-operation, combining professional medical and non-medical assistance with the commitment of volunteers, while preserving the common goal of interdisciplinary teams.
The editors’ intention was to present the history of the establishment of hospice-palliative care in Poland as broadly as possible: by identifying its sources and inspirations, through the personal experiences of people involved in end-of-life care and the stories of particular palliative and hospice centres and the organizations supporting them. We encourage you to read the content of this unique publication.
A. Janowicz, P. Krakowiak, A. Stolarczyk [ed.], In Solidarity. Hospice-Palliative Care in Poland, Gdansk 2015, 437 pages, ISBN: 978-83-9400626-3-7.
More information about online open source in English: http://www.fundacjahospicyjna.pl/en/activities/social-education/in-solidarity