• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.292-295
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• 2016

Hospice and palliative care in Taiwan has been growing continuously. The 2015 Quality of Death index, as rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit, ranked Taiwan first among Asian countries and sixth in the world. In this review article, we highlight three particular areas that might have contributed to this success; the laws and regulations, spiritual care and research network. Finally, we discuss the future challenges and prospects for Taiwanese encounters. A systemic review was conducted with the keywords "hospice palliative care Taiwan" using PubMed. The passing of the "Natural Death Act" in 2000 set the example and established a landmark for patient autonomy in Asia; it guarantees the patient's right to request that medical staff do not resuscitate (DNR) them and to reject other futile medical treatments at the end of their life, thus reflecting the importance of palliative care from the policy perspective. In 2015, Taiwan passed another pioneering law entitled the "Patient Autonomy Act". This law states that a patient may decline medical treatment according to his/her own will. Taiwanese indigenous spiritual care was launched in 2000. It requires a Buddhist Chaplain to successfully complete a training program consisting of lectures, as well as bedside practicum before applying Buddhist practices to end-of-life care. The Japan-Korea-Taiwan research network was established for the purpose of enabling collaborative research for the East-Asian collaborative cross-cultural Study to Elucidate the Dying process (EASED) cohort. With consensus from the government and society to make it a priority, hospice and palliative medicine in Taiwan has been growing steadily.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.589-598
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• 2019

This study was conducted to build a structural equation model explaining factors that affect hemodialysis patients' quality of life to test the goodness of fit of the model and identify directly and indirectly significant paths. To accomplish this, 230 patients receiving hemodialysis registered at study hospitals in G Metropolitan City and M City were randomly selected, and 201 were used in the final analysis. Data were collected using a self reporting questionnaire from February 1 to March 31, 2014. SPSS WIN 18.0 was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of the general characteristics and for reliability analysis of the research tools. In addition, AMOS 18.0 was used for confirmatory factor analysis of latent variables, to determine the goodness of fit of the hypothetic model, and hypotheses testing. The results of this study were as follows: the fit of the modified model was 41.32, GFI = .96, AGFI = .92, RMR = .04, NFI = .96, CFI = .91 and TLI = .95. Twelve out of the 22 research hypotheses that were improved and improved were statistically significant. The results indicated that hemodialysis patients' quality of life was influenced directly by self-efficacy, depression, and self-care behavior, and indirectly by sleep disturbance, stress, fatigue, and family support. These variables explained 58.6% of the variation in quality of life. Overall, these findings suggest that nursing interventions for hemodialysis patients require strategies for managing patient depression and for increasing self-efficacy and self-care behavior to improve quality of life.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 1999.12a
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• pp.453-461
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• 1999

최근 인터넷의 보급 및 확대가 의료 환경에 중요한 변화를 가져오고 있다 인터넷이 단순히 전세계의 정보를 얻는 단계에서 벗어나 의료의 중요한 부분이라고 할 수 있는 환자의 진단과 처방을 실시할 수 있는 원격진료 시스템까지 확대되어 이용되어지고 있다. 원격 진료 시스템이란 최근 부각되고 있는 멀티미디어 시스템인 오디오, 비디오 및 문자정보를 통신을 통하여 의료의 제공, 진단, 자문, 치료, 의료의 정보전달 등을 하는 행위이다. 원격진료 시스템은 화상진료, 전자의무기록, 특정인 호출 시스템으로 구성되어 있다.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.149-159
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• 2006

과거 정신지체는 사회의 불가사의한 것이었으나 현재는 이들의 원인과 병리현상의 이해로 예방과 의학적 관리에 괄목할 만한 발전이 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 이들 정신지체인의 치과관리는 과거와 별다른 변화를 이루지 못한 것이 우리의 현실이다 이들에 관심을 갖고 치료하기 원하는 치과의사들도 아직 진단이나 치료방법에 이용이 제한되어있다 정신지체인 들에게도 정상화 개념을 도입해 보다 나은 건강관리 환경을 이루도록 시대가 바뀌어 가고 있다. 환자의 권리를 보장키 위해 수용시설 입소화. 물리적인 강제치료 등 기존의 일반적인 행위에서 탈피하여 이제는 행동조절의 차원에서 약물이용과 치과적용에 필요한 모든 지식의 습득이 필수적인 것으로 변화되고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.81 no.3
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• pp.530-548
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• 2020

Thyroid radiology practice is a medical practice in which thyroid diseases are diagnosed using imaging modality and treated by imaging-based interventional techniques, and the primary care target is thyroid nodular disease. Diagnosis of thyroid nodules is primarily done by ultrasound imaging and biopsy; thyroid nodules can be treated by non-surgical interventional treatment and thyroidectomy. Ethanol ablation is the first-line treatment for cystic benign nodules, and radiofrequency ablation is used for the treatment of benign solid nodules and recurrent thyroid cancers. Thyroid radiology practice has an essential clinical role in diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of thyroid nodular diseases, and treatment should be performed based on standard care guidelines for proper patient care. In order to provide the best care to patients with thyroid nodular disease, it is desirable to treat patients in the radiology outpatient clinic. Thyroid radiology practice centered on outpatient clinic practice needs to be expanded.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.13-22
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• 2014

Objectives : Breast cancer has been the most prevalent female cancer in South Korea since 2001. Early detection of this disease is the most effective strategy for reducing mortality. The objective of this study was to identify factors which could predict advanced stage at diagnosis of breast cancer. Methods : Participants who were initially diagnosed with breast cancer and referred to the Stress Clinic of the Breast Cancer Center at Kyungpook National University Hospital were included. Through a semi-structured interview, the authors investigated psychosocial variables such as the extent of marital and family functioning and emotional-economic family burden as well as sociodemographic and health behavior-, health characteristic- and cancer-related variables. Results : Data were collected from 219 participants. One hundred and twenty(54.8%) subjects were diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer. Variables that were significantly different between the advanced-stage and early-stage groups included : monthly breast self examination(p<0.000), annual mammographic screening(p<0.000), mode of tumor detection(p<0.000), nature of the first symptoms(p<0.000), time to treatment after diagnosis(p<0.000), overloaded economic and family burden(p=0.018), marital functioning(p<0.000) and family functioning(p<0.00). Logistic regression analysis indicated that irregular annual mammography screening(OR=7.431 ; 95% CI 2.407-22.944) or a lack of screening(OR=25.299 ; 95% CI 7.855-81.482) and a dysfunctional marital relationship(OR=4.772 ; 95% CI 2.244-10.145) were significantly associated with advanced stage at diagnosis of breast cancer. Conclusions : We reconfirmed screening behavior to be a risk factor for delayed diagnosis of breast cancer. Our findings also emphasized the importance of psychosocial factors such as marital functioning in early detection of breast cancer. Psychiatric consultation in the area of martial functioning could be beneficial for increasing early detection in breast cancer.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.100-103
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• 2012

본 연구는 복강경 위절제환자의 임상적 건강관리에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하고자 시도하였다. 자료수집은 2012년 1월 16일부터 2월 16일까지 수도권 지역의 종합병원 외과에 내원한 환자 201명을 설문 및 면접조사를 하였다. 연구결과로는 첫째, 수행성과 효율성은 유의한 양의 상관관계를 나타내었다(r=0.24, p<.01). 둘째, 건강실천정도는 선정된 변수들에 의해 42.7% 설명되었다. 효율성이 0.25로 가장 영향력이 있는 변수였으며 유의한 것으로 나타났다(p=.02). 이러한 결과를 토대로 복강경 위절제술환자의 건강실천정도를 높이기 위해서는 이전의 건강관련행위 분석과 건강증진 생활양식을 행하였을 때의 성취감을 통해 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 본다.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.20 no.12 s.163
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• pp.1019-1023
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• 1982

늙는다는 것, 즉 노화는 정상적인 생활과정이며 노령자체가 반드시 치과치료의 금기가 아니라는 것은 알고 있는 사실이다. 그래서 우리 전문가들에게 주어진 임무는 수명을 연장시키는데 기여함은 물론이고 노후를 생산적이고 유쾌하게 하여 생활의 질을 높이고 일상생활의 평범한 행위를 지속하도록 도와 주는데 있다 하겠다. 그러나 불행하게도 노인들은 참고 참다가 견딜수 없어 치료를 제공받기 힘든 연령에 치과치료를 요구하게 되는 경향이 있는데 결국 이것이 문제가 된다. 퇴행성 변화와 이로 인하여 야기되는 만성질병 때문에 위험이 보다 커지고 총의치를 하기에 아주 불량한 상태에 있게 된다. 오늘날 불소치료와 그 외의 예방처치로서 치아상실에 영향을 미치고 있는 것은 주지의 사실이다. 그러나 현재 이미 노인이된 환자에 대한 혜택은 무시할 정도며 이러한 영향을 최소한 다음 세대까지 유지 될 것으로 보고 있다. 그러므로 앞으로는 어린이에 대한 관심과 예방에 대한 열의 속에서도 노인에 대한 불공정한 고정관념을 버리고 관심과 동정으로 노인의 치료를 우선으로 해서 치과의사는 상품의 공급자가 아니고 주된 목적과 임무가 인도주의자 라는 것을 보여줘야 하겠다.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.29-37
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• 2012

스마트폰과 태블릿 PC같은 스마트 기기의 보급 증가는 원격의료 서비스 분야의 활성화에 커다란 영향력을 미치고 있다. 그러나 환자와 의사가 직접 대면하지 않고 네트워크에 연결된 스마트 기기를 통해 진료 행위를 할 경우, 환자와 의사간에 상호 인식과 인증 등과 같은 보안 문제가 해결해야 할 가장 큰 걸림돌로 여전히 남아있다. 스마트 기기는 이동성과 편이성이 뛰어난 반면 각종 보안 침해 위협에 상대적으로 쉽게 노출될 수 있다는 단점이 있다. 스마트 기기를 원격의료 서비스에서 안전하게 활용하기 위해 바이오인식 (Biometrics) 기술과의 용합 시도와 관련 표준화 작업이 적극 추진되고 있다 본 논문에서는 안전한 원격의료 서비스 제공을 위해 바이오인식 기술의 융합 필요성과 기술 및 서비스 개발 사례를 분석하고, 원격의료 서비스 활성화를 위해 선결되어야 할 주요 과제를 모색하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.743-755
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe and to analyze real conversation about polite behavior of nurses in cancer units. Methods: This study was conducted using a Brown & Levinson(1987) theory to analyze the polite behavior of nurses in cancer units. Five nurses who participated in this research gave permission to be videotaped. The data was collected from January to February, 2006. Results: Polite behavior of nurses in cancer units consisted of greetings, emotional support, open questions and indirect direction. And impolite behavior of nurses in cancer units was using the medical terminology, repetition of direct speech acts and task-oriented conversation. Conclusion: This study suggests polite behavior strategies for effective nursing conversation with cancer patients. Therefore, the findings may provide basic raw materials for educational programmes and intervention studies.