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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2019.5.1.311

A Study on Examination of Health Inequality among Dying Alone Cases  

Kim, Hae Sung (Dept. of Social Welfare, Kangnam Univ)
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The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology / v.5, no.1, 2019 , pp. 311-318 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Dying alone; health inequality; news paper articles; content analysis;
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