• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.141-157
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• 2017

Social medicine is recognized as one of medical specialties in many countries. However, social medicine has never been formally introduced to Korea, presumably because the term and its principles were not accepted for some years in the past in American medicine, which has strongly influenced Korean medicine. This paper describes the origins and evolution of social medicine and briefly discusses contemporary social medicine in Korea. Social medicine was initiated in France and Germany in 1848. Since then, it has expanded globally and developed in diverse ways. Included in core principles of social medicine is that social and economic conditions have important effects on health and disease, and that these relationships must be subjected to scientific investigation. The term 'social medicine' is rarely used in Korea, but many of its subject matters are incorporated into preventive medicine which, besides prevention, deals with population health that is inescapably social. However, the Korean preventive medicine directs little attention to the basic concepts and principles of social medicine, upon which systematic development of social medicine can be based. Thus, it is necessary to supplement the social medicine contents of preventive medicine through formalizing the linkages between the two fields. One way of doing so would be to change the title of 'preventive medicine' course in medical colleges to 'preventive and social medicine,' as in many other countries, and to adjust the course contents accordingly.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.25-48
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• 1994

Noncompliance with treatment is a serious problem in the management of hypertension. We explored self-reported medication taking compliance behavior of 194 high blood pressure patients using modified health belief model hypothesizing interaction between model components. Data were collected from patients resistered hwachon community hypertension control program during February, 1993. Bivariate analysis showed perceived severity of complication, present symptom experience(p<0.05), perceived severity of hypertension and education leve(p<0.01) were significantly related to treatment experience. Logit analysis revealed that perceived severity of hypertension, perceived benefits of treatment, perceived barriers to treatment and interaction term between perceived severity of hypertension and perceived benefits of treatment contributed treatment experience. Health education from mass media was siglificantly related to continuity of treatment. We also concluded that the inclusion of interaction effects between health belief model components and the use of patient group as analysis unit lead to better study results.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.25-28
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• 1988

4000년전 고대 의학시대부터 의학은 환자를 대상으로 발달해 왔지만 실은 지역사회를 토대로 발달해 왔다고 본다. 특히 기원전 500년경 히포크라테스(Hippocrates)가 오늘날의 서양의학의 기반을 닦게 되었는데 그때도 질병 치유의 영역에서 뿐 아니라 예방까지 생각한 것을 알 수 있다. 그후 18~19세기에 와서 전염병의 범세계적인 대유행은 질병의 발생 후의 처치의 어려움에 봉착하자 이와같은 쓰라린 경험은 질병의 예방에 더욱 크나큰 관심과 노력을 가지고 오게 하였다. 동시에 신음하는 환자는 가족의 일원이며, 지역사회 주민의 일원이란 현실이 의학이 사회과학의 영역으로 옮겨질 정도로 사회성을 띠게 하였다.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 1991

Demographic variables have a great deal of impact on the utilization of health services. In this paper, the use of segmented polinomials is shown to be superior to the simple use of dummy variables and simple polinomials in explaining differences in health care utilization with respect to sex and age differences.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.77-85
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• 2021

Breast cancer is the most prevalent oncological disease among women. Various psychosocial distress is common at the diagnosis, treatment, and posttreatment phase of breast cancer. For the treatment of breast cancer, not only medical treatment but also psychosomatic integrative care will be needed. Patients with breast cancer may lead to increased vulnerability to stress, adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder, and these psychiatric diseases and conditions are associated with recurrence or exacerbation of breast cancer. Psychosocial treatment of anxiety and depression could increase the quality of life of patients and decrease the recurrence and progression of breast cancer. In this article, we reviewed 5 clinical breast cancer survivorship guidelines focused on psychosomatic integrative care including psychosocial treatment and alternative treatment for psychosocial distress. Because 5 treatment guidelines were using various definitions of evidence, we confirmed evidence of various psychosocial treatments for patients with breast cancer based on the definition of evidence by the US Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) guideline. We also reviewed the effect size of psychosocial treatment for anxiety, depression, mood, and quality of life in patients with breast cancer. This article discusses the barrier to the delivery of psychosomatic integrative care and suggests integrative care planning for breast cancer. Multi-disciplinary teams, patient's needs assessment, information technology support, patient and caregiver engagement, planned periodic monitoring of psychosocial distress by a psychosomatic specialist or consultation-liaison psychiatrist are recommended as key features of a psychosomatic integrated care plan.

• 건강소식
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• v.14 no.4 s.137
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• pp.27-27
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• 1990

• The Science & Technology
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• v.30 no.3 s.334
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• pp.26-27
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• 1997

현대의학은 눈부신 발전으로 인류를 질병에서 해방시키고 건강을 증진시키는데 역할을 한 것은 사실이지만 그 발전의 뒷면엔 상상도 못했던 새로운 질병, 사고, 사회적인 문제가 속출하고 있다. 첨단의학이 신비의 베일을 벗기는 데만 열중하고 사회 전반에 미치는 영향을 고려하지 않고 고집한다면 어려운 입장에 처하게 될 것이다.

• Korean Medical Education Review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.1-13
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• 2001

• Korean Medical Education Review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.15-22
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• 2001

• Korean Medical Education Review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.23-34
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• 2001