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Psychologická péče o zdravotníky v onkologii: současná teorie a praxe v podmínkách českého zdravotnictví
| Title in English | Psychological support for cancer care professionals: Contemporary theory and practice within the Czech healthcare system |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Klinická onkologie |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | clinical supervision; group psychotherapy; prevention prophylaxis; Gestalt approach |
| Description | Health care professionals, especially those working in cancer care, represent a subgroup of helping professions that requires special psychological care. Recent findings clearly show that a lack of regular psychological care for oncologists and oncology nurses leads to higher rate of psychiatric and physical illness, poorer quality of life, higher employee fluctuation rates and lower quality of provided medical care. In spite of this, the special psychological care for cancer care professionals is still lacking and theoretical and practical level of their undergraduate and postgraduate education in psychology does not satisfy the demands of clinical practice. Regular group meetings seem to be an effective way of psychological care. In this context, the aim of the present paper is to describe the basic theoretical background for regular group meetings of oncologists and oncology nurses and to refer about the current practice within the Czech health care system. |
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