A study on the process and the historical significance of the conflict between the oriental medicine doctors and the pharmacists in Korea

90년대(年代) 한약분쟁(韓藥分爭)의 과정(過程)과 역사적(歷史的) 함의(含意) -한방의약분업(韓方醫藥分業)과 의료일원화(醫療一元化)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 중심(中心)으로-

The purpose of this paper is to infer the effects on the separation of pharmacy and clinic in the oriental medicine, the unification of the medical system and the medical and pharmaceutical system, etc. from the conflict between the oriental medicine doctors and the pharmacists in 1990s. The results are as follows. 1. The oriental medicine doctors, the pharmacists and a private organization(Citizen's Coalition for Economic Justice) found the solution in the conflict nongovernmently as the government failure. 2. The conflict brought about directly the separation of pharmacy and clinic in the western medicine but the opposite effect in the oriental medicine. 3. The conflict brought about the continuance of the dual medical system. 4. In the part of the medicine, citizen's organizations stated to play their part in the dispute. This is a positive side in the conflict. 5. The conflict contributed to democratization in the medical market and the medical world.