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A Study on Examination of Health Inequality among Dying Alone Cases

고독사와 건강불평등에 대한 탐색적 연구

  • 김혜성 (강남대학교 사회복지학부)
  • Received : 2018.11.19
  • Accepted : 2019.01.08
  • Published : 2019.02.28
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Abstract

Dying alone is an emerging social problem in South Korea. It is reported that most cases of dying alone showed various and chronic health problems. Despite of this situation, there existed neither medical support nor welfare services when dying. It indicated severe health inequality problems. With this background, the purpose of this study was to examine health inequality issue among dying alone cases by using news paper articles during the past three years(2016-2018). Content analysis was employed for 89 dying alone cases. Characteristics of dying alone cases, types of illness and health problems, and unmet medical services were analyzed. Based on the findings, future directions were addressed.

고독사는 최근 우리 사회에서 주목하는 사회문제 중의 하나이다. 고독사의 대부분의 사례가 사회취약계층으로 건강문제를 경험한 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이처럼 건강문제를 가지고 있음에도, 임종을 홀로 맞는 등 이들의 건강불평등 문제의 심각성을 보여주고 있다. 본 연구에서는 신문기사를 활용하여 고독사 사례의 건강불평등 문제를 조명해 보고자 하였다. 분석방법은 질적 접근인 내용분석을 수행하였다. 최근 3년간 신문에 보도된 89사례를 최종 선정하여 분석하였다. 고독사 사례의 특성, 질환이나 건강문제의 유형, 그리고 의료서비스 미충족 등의 영역으로 분석을 수행하였다. 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 향후 고독사 예방에서 보건의료 영역과 지역사회의 복지서비스 제공 체계 간의 협력과 역할에 대한 논의를 제시하였다.

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표 1. 최근 3년간 고독사 신문기사보도 현황 및 연령분포() Table 1. News Articles of dying alone cases by ages during the period 2016-2018

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표 2. 고독사 사례에 나타난 질환 유형 및 건강문제 Table 2. Types of Ilness and health problems among dying alone cases by ages

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