Journal of Nursing, Social Studies, Public Health and Rehabilitati, 2012 (vol. 3), issue 3-4

UROINFECTIONS IN THE PATIENTS WITH A TRANSVERSAL SPINAL CORD LESION

Eva Talpová, Pavlína Petržálková, Marie Kulakovská

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):147-154 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.014  

Spinal cord lesion is one of the most serious injuries. The patients with a transversal spinal lesion need a specialized, coordinated care. Spinal cord injury doesn't lead only to losing the ability to move the extremities. The patients also suffer from sensitivity loss under the level of the spinal lesion, urination disorders, defecation, sexual functions, breathing etc. There is a risk of many serious health complications for the patient. Due to these reasons, the therapy is lead in specialized center employing multidisciplinary teams of professionals. After the injury, it is necessary to change the position of the patient accordingly, as it is a...

CHILDREN'S LEVELS OF AWARENESS REGARDING CHILD RIGHTS AND THEIR APPLICATION

Jana Stejskalová

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):155-167 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.015  

Due to historical conditions during the last century, the societal view of children has evolved considerably. Children have now been identified as a group in need of special protection (other such groups include women, persons with disabilities, etc.) and their rights have been enshrined in an international document entitled the Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention").This article deals with issues concerning children's lack of awareness regarding their rights (i.e., the rights of the child incorporated in the Convention) and their application; and builds on previous research in this field. The aim of...

THE INFLUENCE OF A CHILD'S ETHNIC ORIGIN ON ITS ACCEPTANCE INTO FOSTER CARE

Pavla Štochlová, Lucie Kozlová

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):168-173 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.016  

This article describes ethnic affiliation of children suitable for adoption and foster care as one of the components playing an important role in the process of implementing foster care. The theoretical part of the article offers an analysis of the concept of "ethnic group", the perception of the ethnic affiliation of a child by adoption and foster care applicants, and further informs about the activities and collaboration with families of socio-legal protection institutions following the realization of substitute family care. The empirical part of the article focuses in its content on the ethnical affiliation of children suitable for adoption and...

THE GRAMMAR OF DIFFERENCE: SEXUALITY IN THE HORIZON OF LOVE

Livio Melina

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):174-190 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.017  

It is in light of the original experience of the body, and its vocation to communion, that the sexual difference is revealed as the constitutive dimension of the grammar of love. In the present offering, this thesis is based on three successive moments: First, sexuality is considered as an experience that needs to be interpreted, in a critical comparison with the difficulties of our day, to understand the man/woman difference. Second, we propose the horizon of the "nuptial mystery" (difference, unity, fecundity) as the perspective for an adequate hermeneutic of the sexual event, able to explain it in proper language, in the tension of the affections,...

MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN THE THOUGHT OF JOHN PAUL II

Stanisław Grygiel

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):191-194  

IMPACT OF EXPERIENCED OR TRANSMITTED VIOLENCE ON THE LIFE OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

Rebeka Ralbovská, Renata Knezović

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):113-122 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.010  

The article oves informatik about the trauma experienced by the Jews during the Holocaust and the impal of trauma on next generations. When studying the influence of Holocaust on psychic we consider not only the situation of the camp survivors. We study, too, the psychic and the interpersonal relations of the so called "hidden-children" (those who were hiding before transport with their parents or alone at foreign people) and we study, too, those who were born after the war to the parents-survivors. The dissertation will focus on social mechanisms of collective identity and collective memory which facilitate a trangenrational transfer of the experience...

ON SOME LEGAL ISSUES OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Karel Attl

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):123-130 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.011  

The objective of this article is to point out some shortcomings of legal regulations governing assisted reproduction in the former Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic that have been accompanying infertility treatment since the time when the related methods were discovered. For many years a relevant legal regulation was missing completely and since 2006 it has been affected by insufficient interconnection of the regulation of assisted reproduction under the public law with the Family Act and civil law in general, including observation of international legal documents applicable to the Czech Republic, particularly the Convention of the Rights of...

DIABETIC FOOT SYNDROME

Jitka Pokorná

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):131-140 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.012  

Diabetic foot syndrome is more and more actual, considering the rising number of people suffering from diabetes mellitus, a situation associated with the population demography. It is a late complication of this illness that significantly decreases the quality of the patient's life. Diabetic foot syndrome is a very serious health, social and economic problem, mainly because of the incidence, length and demands of the therapy, high risk of amputation and significant social and economy obligation for the society. According to the international consensus for the diabetic foot syndrome from the year 1999, the care for diabetic patients takes up 12-15% of...

THE PROPOSED LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM AND THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL ASSESSMENT SERVICE

Libuše Čeledová, Jana Horynová

JNSS 2012, 3(3-4):141-146 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2012.013  

The ongoing social reform has brought change in the long-term assessment of adverse health and its medical implications by the Medical Assessment Service (MAS) for the purposes of the Act on social services since 1 January 2012. The first phase of social reform is based on the medical service. Part of the second phase of the social reform is forthcoming proposals for substantive intentions of long-term care and coordinated rehabilitation. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic is preparing, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, the intent of the law on long-term care. Long-term care is a complex...