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Social workers may experience a higher level of stress in their profession of the ensuing burnout syndrome more than comparable working groups. The authors refer about the presence of burnout syndrome among social workers (women) in the context of health moderators. According to the nature of work the study file (was divided into 3 groups: 28 social workers- officers, 25 were working as caregivers at a home for the elderly and 28 were informal caregivers. The results of the study research file confirmed (pursuant ...

Czech society tends to avoid topics related to death and dying. This fact has significant consequences for the care for patients in the terminal phase of a disease. One of these is low preparedness for dying, and inability to accept death as a part of life. During long a long illness or an illness with a negative prognosis, the patient thinks about end of her life, and she has a certain idea about how and where to die. If the reality differs too much from this idea, it results in a sense of discomfort. A survey by...

The article focuses on spiritual communities, and on possible implications for community social work. Czech society is characterized by low level of social capital, and high level of secularization. Community social work on the other hand works with tightly knit groups. For this reason we focused on spiritual groups as a means to create some level of community. Our inquiry focuses on meditation groups based on the principles of so called Christian meditation, in particular the form developed by John Main and furth...