• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.628-639
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• 2022

본 연구는 환자와 환자 가족에게 최상의 임종간호를 제공하기 위해 간호사가 인식하는 최상의 임종간호와 웰다잉 간의 관계를 조사하였다. 연구대상은 서울 소재 종합병원에 근무하는 간호사 121명을 대상으로 2021년 4월 28일부터 5월 12일까지 수집된 자료를 분석하였다. SPSS/WIN 27.0을 이용하여 t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients로 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과 대상자의 최상의 임종간호에 대한 인식의 총 평균은 5점 척도상 4.04±0.82점으로 최상의 임종간호에 전반적으로 '동의한다' 수준을 나타냈다. 웰다잉에 대한 인식의 총 평균은 5점 척도상 3.63±1.14점으로 평화롭게 죽는 것을 가장 중요하게 인식하였다. 대상자의 일반적 특성 중 연령에 따른 최상의 임종간호에 유의한 차이를 나타내(t=-.97, p=.013) 30대 간호사군이 20대 간호사군에 비해 최상의 임종간호에 더 높은 동의수준을 나타냈다. 최상의 임종간호와 웰다잉의 상관관계를 분석한 결과 유의한 상관관계는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 경력이 낮은 젊은 간호사들의 임종간호 인식을 높이기 위한 교육이 제공되어야 함을 시사한다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.199-211
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the essence and the meaning of nurses' experiences of end-of-life care (EOLC) for elderly patients in the long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). Methods: Data were gathered from 12 nurses who had been working at LTCHs in Korea through one-on-one interviews and the data were analyzed by Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results: The emergent 5 themes were 'Doing the best for protecting patients' life', 'Providing a comfortable dying process for patients', 'Supporting a family's keeping on patient's death', 'Reflecting on life' and 'Desiring for the establishment of a humanity end-of-life care environment'. Conclusion: The end-of-life care for the elderly patients includes supporting elderly patients' comfortable dying process and helping the family keep the death of the elderly. The results indicated that physical facilities and end-of-life nursing capacity should be established in LTCHs for improving the quality of EOLC.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2022

As population aging increases the burden of cancer, the quality of death of patients with cancer is emerging as an important issue alongside their quality of life. To improve the quality of death, it is necessary to prepare for death, allowing patients to die comfortably and with dignity at the end. Considering these issues, I aim to discuss the practical aspects of notifying the patient of the terminal phase of cancer and planning for end-of-life care (i.e., advance care planning). When cancer treatment that can extend the patent's lifespan becomes difficult, the patient enters a treatment transition period. Treatment is shifted from life-prolonging care to life-enhancing care, and end-of-life care must be well planned. Medical providers often worry too much about whether the patient will be disappointed or psychologically traumatized when notified of the terminal phase of their cancer, thus delaying plans for end-of-life care. In fact, patients can accept their condition and prepare for end-of-life care better than we expect. During the treatment transition period, notification of terminal status should be given, and a well-prepared advance care plan should be established early when the patient has decision-making ability. In addition to conveying information, it is always necessary to be sensitive to whether the patient and caregiver understand the information and respond to their emotions.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.301-310
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• 2019

본 연구는 생애말기케어에 대한 수혜 자격, 서비스 및 전달유형, 질 관리에 대해 검토하고 생애말기케어 시스템을 위한 서비스 질 관리 방법을 분석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 한국의 보건복지부와 미국의 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services에서 발간한 문헌과 법령을 수혜 대상자, 서비스 종류 및 전달유형, 질 관리에 대해 고찰하고 비교 분석하였다. 한국은 진단명을 기준으로 의료기관에서 입원 기반 서비스를 제공하고 있으며, 질 관리는 인력, 시설, 장비에 대한 기준을 만족하는 구조적 영역에서만 이루어지고 있었다. 미국은 한국보다 수혜 대상자에 대한 기준이 넓으며, 민간 독립기관에서 가정기반 서비스를 제공하고 있었다. 질 관리는 기관 지정과 성과지표 모니터링 및 소비자 만족도와 같은 결과를 포함하여 평가해 기관 보상과 연계하고 있었다. 현 연구를 통한 국가간 차이점은 향후 국내의 정책에 반영하여, 보다 발전된 시스템 구축에 방향설정에 기여를 하였다. 따라서, 향후 생애말기케어 시스템의 서비스의 질 관리와 적절한 서비스를 제공하기 위한 다양한 국가의 시스템을 지속적으로 연구할 필요가 있고, 이러한 제도 고찰을 통한 국내 시스템을 개선하고 보강하여야 한다.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.454-463
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a hospice and palliative care education program including meaning in life on attitudes to end-of-life care and meaning in life for nursing students. Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental and non- synchronized with a non-equivalent control group design. The experimental group (n=28) participated in a hospice and palliative care education program including meaning in life. The control group (n=28) participated only in a hospice and palliative care education program. The 30-hour course examined hospice and palliative nursing care and logotherapy. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire consisting of general characteristics, attitudes to end-of-life care, and meaning in life. Collected data were analyzed for frequency, percentage, ${\chi}^2$-test, and t-test using SPSS 19.0 WIN Program. Results: Scores for the attitude towards end-of-life care in the experimental group were significantly higher than in the control group. The meaning in life scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than in the control group. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the hospice and palliative care education program, including meaning in life, was effective in enhancing the attitude to end-of-life care and meaning in life among nursing students.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제56권8호
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• pp.323-326
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• 2013

Quality of life in addition to various medical problems in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) should be objectively assessed to accomplish normal growth and development during childhood. However, unfortunately, studies of quality of life (QoL) in children with ESRD have been not popular yet and there are only fewer suitable assessment tools compared with adults. Recently, disease-specific modules to evaluate QoL in children with chronic disease such as ESRD have been developed. This review was made to introduce these QoL instruments for children and help the clinical application of them.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2007

형광램프를 오랜 기간 사용하게 되면 전극에서 열 전자 방출을 돕는 보조 물질이 램프 외벽으로 흡수되어 램프 점등 조건 및 정상 상태 조건이 변화하게 된다. 이러한 경우를 오랜 시간 방치한다면 램프 전극에서 과도한 열이 발생하게 되어 등 기구 소켓을 녹이는 안전사고가 발생할 가능성이 크다. 본 논문은 형광램프 수명 말기에 나타나는 현상(정류 효과)을 검출하고, 이로부터 안정기를 보호하기 위한 방법을 제시하였다.

• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2021

Purpose : Based on Quint's theory and the relevant literature, this study constructed a structural equation model for explaining and predicting end-of-life care performance in clinical nurses. Methods : A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 265 nurses between September 1 and September 30, 2016. The data were analyzed using SPSS ver. 21 and AMOS ver. 21. Results : The goodness of fit of the modified model was found to be relatively satisfactory (χ2=114.82, Nomed χ2(χ2/df)=2.44, SRMR=.06, GFI=.94, AGFI=.89, CFI=.95, TLI=.91, RMSEA=.07). End-of-life care performance was affected by the attitudes toward nursing care of the dying, working unit, and death anxiety. The attitudes toward such care had the highest effect on end-of-life care performance. Conclusion : The results suggest that end-of-life care performance is directly and indirectly affected by attitudes toward nursing care of the dying, participation in end-of-life care education, working unit, death perception, and death anxiety. To improve clinical nurses' end-of-life care performance, effective programs to promote death anxiety and attitudes toward nursing care of the dying need to be developed. In addition, hospital nursing organizations should attempt to produce concrete measures for death anxiety and terminal care attitudes in clinical nurses.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2020

Purpose: The Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life came into force in February 2018 in Korea. This study reviews the practices of end-of-life care for patients who withdrew or withheld life-sustaining treatment at a tertiary care hospital, addresses the limitations of the law, and discusses necessary steps to promote patient-centered self-determination. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who died after agreeing to withhold life-sustaining treatment in 2018 at our university hospital. The cause of death, the intensity of end-of-life care, and other characteristics were reviewed and statistically analyzed. Results: Of a total of 334 patients, 231 (69%) died from cancer. The decision to stop life-sustaining treatment was made by family members for 178 patients overall (53.3%) and for 101 (43.7%) cancer patients, regardless of the patient's wishes. When the patient decided to stop life-sustaining treatment, the time from the authorization to withhold life-sustaining treatment to death was longer than when the decision was made by family members (28.7±41.3 vs 10.5±23.2 days, P<0.001). Conclusion: In many cases, the decision to discontinue life-sustaining treatment was made by the family, not by the patient. In order to protect human dignity based on the patients' self-determination, it is necessary for patients to understand their disease based on careful explanations from physicians. Ongoing survey-based research will be necessary in the future.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup3호
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• pp.239-243
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• 2016

This article investigates ethical challenges cancer patients face in the end stages of life including doctors' responsibilities, patients' rights, unexpected desires of patients and their relatives, futile treatments, and communication with patients in end stages of life. These patients are taken care of through palliative rather than curative measures. In many cases, patients in the last days of life ask their physician to terminate their illness via euthanasia which has many ethical considerations. Proponents of such mercy killing (euthanasia) believe that if the patient desires, the physician must end the life, while opponents of this issue, consider it as an act of murder incompatible with the spirit of medical sciences. The related arguments presented in this paper and other ethical issues these patients face and possible solutions for dealing with them have been proposed. It should be mentioned that this paper is more human rational and empirical and the views of the legislator are not included, though in many cases human intellectual and empirical comments are compatible with those of the legislator.