• 제목/요약/키워드: Life-prolonging medical care decision

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종교유무에 따른 한국인의 '연명의료' 결정과 태도에 관한 융합연구 (A Convergence Study on the Decision and Attitude of Korean "life-prolonging medical care" according to whether or not religion)

  • 황혜정;김광환
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제15권8호
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    • pp.257-265
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구에서는 '호스피스 완화의료'의 개념 및 '연명의료' 결정 내용에 대해 일반인들이 어느 정도 인식하고 있는지 알아보고자 하는 목적으로 시행되었다. 2016년 9월 일개 지역에서 열린 행사에 참여한 참가자 및 관계자 중 자발적으로 동의한 346명을 대상으로 설문조사를 진행하였다. 연구결과를 보면, 종교를 가진 사람들이 종교가 없는 사람들에 비해 자연스런 죽음을 원하고 있었으며, 존엄사와 관련된 결정에서 적극적인 태도를 취하는 것으로 보인다. 종교가 있는 집단에서 연명치료 중 인공호흡시행에 동의한 대상이 많이 나왔다. 종교는 삶과 죽음에 대한 인식에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 중요 요소로서 죽음 후 내세가 있다고 믿기 때문에, 무의미한 삶의 연장에 대해서 보다 단호한 입장을 취할 수 있는 것으로 생각된다. 따라서 호스피스 완화의료와 사전연명의료결정법이 일반인들에게 안정적으로 정착하여 존엄한 삶의 마무리와 죽음의 질을 높이기 위해서는 연령, 교육정도, 종교의 유무 등을 고려하여 다양한 교육 프로그램을 통한 인식 확산을 하여야 할 것이다. 또한 호스피스 완화의료 및 연명의료 관련 지식을 일반인이 충분히 이해할 수 있도록 교육 및 홍보를 강화해야 할 것이며 호스피스에 대한 정부차원의 표준화와 정책적 뒷받침이 시급할 것으로 보인다.

Notification of Terminal Status and Advance Care Planning in Patients with Cancer

  • Lee, Si Won
    • 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.

치료중단행위에 대한 의료형법적 고찰 -의학적 충고에 반한 퇴원 사례를 중심으로- (A Study on Medical-criminal Problem of Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment)

  • 조인호
    • 의료법학
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.319-382
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    • 2008
  • As a withdrawing care's study, the purpose of this study is searching about withdrawing care's acceptance and circumstances through Bora-mae hospital case(chapter 1). Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment has various forms. Though the meaning of euthanasia, death with dignity, natural death, physician assisted suicide are duplicated, the meaning of those are different slightly. Firstly, this study looks about the difference of the those meaning and acceptance range(condition) by withdrawing care's forms(chapter 2). Bora-mae hospital case sentenced guilty about physician who discharged incompetent patient who was after surgery by patient's wife determination. This Bora-mae case that sentenced guilty about discharge against medical advise(DAMA) that is regarded to custom has brought intensive confliction of legal, social, medical aspect, Bora-mae hospital case has many legal problems. First, as to criminal law rule 250(murder), the problem is whether discharge and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment is commission or omission. this study concluded omission(district court: omission, appeal, supreme court: commission). Because legal denounce point of discharge and medical treatment withdrawing is omission that physician who is obligatory on patient to cure. If physician's act is regarded omission, it is necessary to determine whether he has guardian status and obligation. Without guardian status and obligation, omission crime can't exist. This study decided that physician had guardian status and obligation and foundation of guardian status was pre-action or acceptance of emergency patient. Physician's medical treatment duty finished when patient(or patient's guardian) demands discharge. But when patient death is foreseen and other possible treatment does not exist, his duty of life prolonging treatment does not finish. This originate from physician's social responsibility and public status that limits patient's private liberty. This study regarded physician's action as accomplice about whether physician's discharging action is accomplice or the principal offender(district court: the principal offender, appeal, supreme court: accomplice). Though the principal offender needs criminal determination and action, there is no this common determination and functional action control of physician in Bora-mae case(chapter 3). Bora-mae hospital case partly originated from deficiency of legal, institutive system including medical security system shortage, the instruction is 1. medical security system strengthening, 2. hospital ethical committee's activity strengthening, 3. institutionalization of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, 4. acceptance of pre-decision making system, 5. sufficient persuasion of physician for patient and faithful writing of medical paper, 6. respect for patients' self-determination and rights, 7. consciousness's changing for withdrawing life-sustaining treatment and persistent education about medical ethics(chapter 4). Considering Bora-mae case, medical sector is not the dead ground of a criminal punishment. Intervention of criminal law in medical sector give rise to ill effect, that is, excess medical examination and treatment, safeguard treatment, delay of discharge from a hospital. Because sufficient guarantee of life becomes mere empty slogan under situation that impose a burden of heavy cost to family or hospital, public and systematic solution should be given(chapter 5).

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