Family – Health – Disease
8. March 2024On Friday, 29.9.2023, the international scientific conference Family – Health – Disease took place in Krakow, Poland.
The conference was held under the auspices of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Family and Pediatric Nursing, Medical University of Silesian Piasts in Wroclaw, the Faculty of Health of the Catholic University in Ružomberok (Slovakia) and Faculty of Humanities of the Tomas Bata University in Zlín (Czech Republic).
The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University in Krakow hosted academics, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and representatives of other medical professions, humanities, and social professions to present their scientific papers.
The aim of the event was to exchange knowledge and experience related to the care of children and adults in health and illness. The issue of families in palliative care from the perspective of the patient and his/her family was also discussed. The specific topics of the conference were as follows: Care of children and adults in health and illness, Family in the context of health and illness, Palliative care – patient and family perspective, Health, and illness in an interdisciplinary approach.
On behalf of our faculty, several academic staff from the Institute of Health Sciences actively participated in the conference, presenting their papers (Mgr. Dagmar Pilíková, Mgr. Lenka Vrlová, DiS.) and, among others, serving on the scientific committee of the conference (Mgr. Jitka Hůsková, Ph.D., PhDr. Pavla Kudlová, Ph.D. and Mgr. Petr Zemánek, Ph.D.).