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Study on the Present Gown of Oriental Medical Doctors in Korea  

서옥경 (경원전문대학 의상디자인과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Costume / v.52, no.3, 2002 , pp. 139-147 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to survey the contentment of the oriental medical doctors to the present gown which they wear. The objects were the oriental medical doctors who work for the university hospitals and the private clinics. The subjects were mainly the evaluation of the relation to the image of oriental hospital and the gown, the evaluation of the present their gowns and the evaluation on the improvement of their gowns. The collected data were analysed by the frequency, cross-table and $\chi^2$ using SPSS program. The results showed that the oriental medical doctors who work for the university hospital evaluated the difference of the image more important than those who work for the private clinics. Also the former was more than the latter on the necessity of the difference in the gowns between the western and oriental medical doctors. The oriental doctors regarded the tradition as of great importance in the improvement of their gown. More than 70% of them wanted to separate their gown for the spring-summer from that for the autumn-winter.
Keywords
oriental medical doctor gown;
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