Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care (한국호스피스완화의료학회)
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Ethical Considerations in Hospice and Palliative Care Research

호스피스 완화의료 연구에서의 윤리적 고려사항

  • Youn, Gahyun (Department of Psychology, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2019.04.28
  • Accepted : 2019.05.09
  • Published : 2019.06.01
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Abstract

Along with the advances in medical technology and the economic development, more terminally ill patients are receiving hospice and palliative care services. Moreover, hospice and palliative care clinicians have been showing considerable interest in studies that aim to improve the quality of said care for patients and their families. Meanwhile, after the government has strengthened its policy to protect research participants, the institutional review boards (IRBs) are more closely examining various ethical issues related to patients' vulnerability when reviewing protocols for hospice and palliative care research. However, terminally ill patients should be provided with guaranteed qualities of hospice and palliative care to improve and maintain their quality of life. To that end, support should be provided for efforts to conduct ethical and safe studies with hospice and palliative care patients. Thus, this review paper proposes ethical guidelines for hospice and palliative care research. The guidelines could be appropriately used as a reference for researchers who should prepare for ethically safe and scientifically valued research protocols and the IRBs that will review the protocols.

의료기술 발달 및 경제개발 수준 상승 등으로 호스피스 완화의료(hospice & palliative care) 서비스를 받는 말기 환자들이 점점 늘어나고 있다. 이와 더불어 최근 호스피스 완화의료 분야 임상전문가들은 환자나 가족 대상 호스피스 완화의료 서비스의 질을 향상시킬 목적으로 하는 연구에도 많은 관심을 보이고 있다. 한편 정부의 연구대상자 보호 정책이 강화되면서 IRB(생명윤리심의위원회)에서도 호스피스 완화의료 연구의 연구계획서를 심의할 때 환자의 취약성과 관련된 다양한 윤리적 사안들을 더 엄밀하게 점검하고 있다. 그러나 말기 환자들의 삶의 질 향상 및 유지를 위해서는 질적으로 보장된 호스피스 완화의료 서비스가 제공되어야 한다. 이를 위해서 윤리적으로 안전한 호스피스 완화의료 연구의 시도가 지지되어야 한다. 이에 필자는 호스피스 완화의료 연구의 윤리지침을 종설 논문 형식으로 제안했다. 이는 윤리적으로 안전하고 과학적으로 가치가 있는 연구계획서를 준비해야 하는 연구자 및 그 연구계획서를 심의하는 IRB가 적절하게 참조할 수 있도록 해주기 위함이다.

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