• 의료법학
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.43-67
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• 2011

Humankind history is faced with one gigantic turning point due to development of Living genetically Modified Organisms. Food production by means of LMO is on the acceleration in an effort to solve the shortage of food problems. Food is also used as alternative energy source. Use of LMO product is not only limited to food and energy, but is actively utilized in various fields of medicines. This paper is first to check out the state of biomedicine developed and associated problems from industries that use LMO, after which we made an attempt on legislative approach to find out means of relief, through examples of such laws legislated for the sufferer from the adverse effect of the biomedicine. As for the liable subject to bear the responsibility for compensatory damage in a way of relieving the victim owing to adverse effect of biomedicine, those who manufactured and sold biomedicine and who are related to the damage to the victim due to the accident and medical doctors and pharmacists who prescribe and administer the medicine in question have been looked into. Accidents involving medicines and medical supplies could take place without reason for imputation on part of the liable subjects or fault of the victim, in which case the victim can't receive damage compensation from any of both parties. When such accidents happened turn out to be no fault accidents, introduction of damage relief measures might have to be reviewed against side effects of medicine and medical supplies as no fault compensation in order for actual relief to be possible. Talking about technicality of legislation, we can suggest a method of strengthening the accountability of manufacturer for stereotypical agenda on biomedicines by newly legislating special regulation with an issue that resists claim on risks associated with the development of medicine and incorporating the same into Manufactured Product Liability Law. After all, when an accident happens associated with biomedicine, the damage will be done to the consumer. And the consumer will be exposed to fatal danger even without the time to cope with potential risks associated with medicine and medical supplies they take. Therefore, it is necessary to protect the potential victim by having the manufacturer of biomedicines bear the liability of medical risks.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.262-268
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• 2009

Purpose: Recently medical dispute about plastic surgery is increasing rapidly as result of growing surgery itself due to high interest in appearance and advertisement of plastic surgery. So we want to find a way to prevent similar medical accident by making better solution of plastic surgery through case analysis of medical dispute. Method: 161 cases about plastic surgery asked for aid at Korea Consumer Agency and 41 cases judged at the court was surveyed and gender, location and kind of hospital, goal and kind of operation, making operation agreement or not, kind of damage, result of process, result of lawsuit was studied from 2004.1.1. to 2006.12.31. Result: Medical doctor have to explain about symptoms of disease, method of treatment, possibility of complication, prognosis to patients before therapy so they can make decision if they take operation by doctor or not. On this survey, among the patients who underwent re - operation or had complication, 88.1%(96 from 109 cases) of them didn't get enough explanation about possibility of complication before surgery They brought lawsuit insisting they would not undergo operation if they got enough explanation about possibility of complication and result of operation before surgery. Conclusion: It is advisable that doctor must observe the duty of explanation before surgery and respect the right to decide of patient, make operation agreement and put down concrete progress note and store the pre and post operative photo to avoid medical accident. It is also needed to have guideline of therapy, Code of ethics, organization which deals with medical dispute, reconsideration of law to control that.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2015

기술의 발전과 기대수명의 증가 및 출산율 저하로 인한 인구 고령화로 의료기기와 의료용품들이 병원으로부터 일반인이 사용할 수 있는 가정과 일반 사회로의 이동이 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 한국에서는 "가정용 의료기기"라는 용어에 대한 정의마저 불명확한 상황이며, 이에 본 연구에서는 글로벌 시장에서의 "가정용 의료기기"의 개념과 한국에서 사용되는 개념을 비교 연구하였다. 미국의 FDA의 가정용 의료기기에 대한 정의는 전문 의료기관과 가정에서 동시에 사용될 수 있는 의료기기를 포함하고 있으나, 한국에서는 식약처가 가정용 의료기기에 대한 정의를 하지 않고 있으며, 소비자를 대상으로 한 조사의 결과로 가정용 의료기기에 대한 정의를 유추하여 왔다. 유헬스케어 시대의 도래로 파라다임이 바뀌고 있는 상황에서, 한국에서도 병원과 가정에서 동시에 사용이 가능한 의료기기를 가정용 의료기기로 포함시켜야 할 것이다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.297-307
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• 2015

본 연구는 접근성과 의료서비스 품질, 대외적 이미지를 높임으로써 향후 지방의료원이 지역 내 대표의료기관으로서 경쟁력을 확보하고 경영효율성을 향상시키는데 그 목적이 있다. 조사대상은 604명으로 하였으며, 분석방법은 ANOVA, 공분산 구조방정식을 실시하였다. 결론을 보면, 의료기관 선택요인에 대한 고객들의 만족도나 선호도가 인구통계학적 특성별로 유의한 차이가 있다는 결과는 앞으로 지방의료원이 의료서비스 전문화 전략을 수립할 때 주요 고객집단의 욕구에 대한 면밀한 검토가 이루어져야 할 필요가 있음을 시사하고 있다. 또한 지방의료원이 진료비 수준에 대한 치료효과와 타 의료기관에 비해 저렴한 진료비가 경쟁우위를 확보할 수 있는 중요요인으로 이에 따른 이미지 부각과 의료서비스의 질의 향상을 극대화하여 의료소비자들을 유인하는 전략이 필요하다.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.425-437
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• 2005

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to compare the nursing service quality, gap, overall nursing service satisfaction, overall medical service satisfaction and intent to revisit the hospital perceived by consumers and providers. Methods: Data were collected with self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using frequency, %, mean, standard deviation, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. Result: Nursing service gap perceived by consumers was smaller than that of providers. Consumer's overall satisfaction with nursing and medical service was higher than that of nurses. In consumers, nursing service satisfaction alone accounted for 62.9% of the variance in their intent to revisit the hospital, while explained 3% of the variance in providers. Conclusion: There are definitely perception gap between consumers and providers. Therefore nursing and hospital managers must recognize it, and carry out the internal marketing strategies for nurses.

• 약학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2003

Self-medication is a representative phenomenon in the domain of popular care, originated from perspective of medical pluralism and the pharmacy profession is said to be in the most appropriate position of health care professions to activate self-medication. As any healthcare reform impacts in a country, 2000 institutional separation between medicine and pharmacy implemented in Korea brought a lot of changes in behavior of drug use not only to physicians and pharmacists but also to consumers (patients). In this paper, the reality of self-medication since the institutional separation between medicine and pharmacy was analyzed, based on the empirical data which were collected by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs in 2002. The major finding is that the domain of popular care including self-medication was significantly shrunk, while that of professional care was proportionally expanded. As a result, the following four points were strongly recommended for the purpose of promoting self-medication: i) upgrading the pharmacy education system from 4 year to 6 year level, ii) improvement of continuing education and introduction of GPP (Good Pharmacy Practice), iii) activating 'pharmacal encounter' (i.e., pharmacist-consumer relationship) and iv) promotion of socio-economic research activities and proactive participation in the international self-medication movement of pharmacists in Korea.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.90-95
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• 2023

This study aimed to develop low-salt seasoned Gim (김) with new functionality to meet the diversification of the export market and consumer demand for Gim, which is one of the four major seafood products in Chungcheongnam-do province. Spirulina, a microalgae containing essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals, is known to have antioxidant components such as phycocyanin. Therefore, to determine the suitability of spirulina as a seasoning material, we conducted seaweed. It can be used as a substitute for seasoning salt in the development of low-salt seasoned laver with enhanced functionality.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.115-131
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• 2011

Several common issues are encountered by countries - Germany, Japan, and the United States - that adopted long-term care (LTC) system. First, the demand for LTC and its associated costs have steeply risen following the implementation of the LTC policy. Second, ensuring the quality of services have been difficult. Third, the coordination of services among providers and between LTC and medical care has been inadequate. Learning from their experience, we suggest ways to improve the LTC system in Korea. The basic approach aims for efficiency over equity in the system. This would require promoting provider competition and consumer choice. We propose several policy options according to the major stakeholders. For consumers, cash benefits at fixed rates and personal savings accounts are feasible options to self-contain the demand and cost of services. On the insurer's side, creating an environment of multiple insurers will engender competition, leading to cost savings and quality care. For providers, delivery of quality services through competition, cost-containment through capitated reimbursements, and coordination of services through integrated delivery system can be achieved. From the assessors' perspective, establishing an information system to monitor the activities of insurers and providers would be important, empowering consumers with information to choose cost-effective service providers. In summary, the suggested approach would provide cost-effective LTC services by guaranteeing consumer choice and promoting major stakeholder accountability. Further studies are needed to test the feasibility of this model in ensuring quality LTC in Korea.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제104권4호
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• pp.668-676
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• 2015

이 논문은 자연산 임산물에 대한 소비자 인식을 조사하여 수요측면에서 산림복합경영 활성화 방안을 제시하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 도시 가구 640명을 대상으로 인터넷 설문조사를 실시하였다. 소비자들이 산지재배 임산물을 구입하는 이유는 영양 효능과 안전성 때문이며, 같은 임산물이라도 밭 재배보다 품질이 우수하다고 응답하였다. 산지재배 임산물이 친환경 밭 재배 작물보다 선호되기는 하지만 자연산 인정 여부에는 차이를 보이지 않았다. 소비자들이 임산물 속성 가운데 중요시하는 요소는 품질과 효능으로 나타나 이를 강조하는 마케팅이 요구된다. 소득이 증가하면 신선도와 가격보다 자연산 여부를 중요하게 여기는 것으로 나타났으며 채취체험이 자연산 임산물 구매에 긍정적 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들은 산림복합경영의 활성화를 위해 자연산 인증을 통해 소비자 신뢰를 획득하고 체험 관광과 연계하는 6차산업화 추진이 필요하다는 것을 시사한다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2018

본 연구는 의료소비자를 대상으로 실시되고 있는 치과건강보험급여화의 인식도를 조사하여 미래 치석제거 국민들의 구강건강향상을 위해 치과건강보험급여가 확대되고자 하는데 목적이 있다. 연 1회 치석제거급여 연령에 대한 적절성 여부는 나이와 교육수준에서 유의한 차이가 있었고(p<0.05), 연 1회 치석제거 급여횟수에 대한 적절성 여부는 결혼여부, 지역(구), 자가구강건강인지에서 유의하였으며(p<0.05), 연 1회 치석제거 급여수가에 대한 적절성 여부에서는 하루잇솔질총횟수가 통계적으로 유의하였다(p<0.05). 결국 연령이 증가하면서 나타나는 치주질환의 증가로 국가 차원에서의 건강보험급여 항목이 추가되어야 하며, 본 연구결과에서와 같이 치석제거 건강보험급여화는 연령, 횟수, 수가부분에서 더욱 확대 되어야하며, 향후 치과건강보험 급여정책 향상을 위한 노력은 국민의 구강건강을 위해 계속되어야 한다.