• 의료법학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.99-137
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• 2018

정신보건법은 1995년 제정되어 2016년 정신건강복지법으로 전면개정되었다. 일련의 개정을 통하여 기왕에 제기되어온 문제 중 상당 부분이 해결되기는 하였으나, 기존의 틀을 유지한 채 대증요법으로 일관한 결과 문제 해결의 방법이 다소 거칠고, 그로 인한 부작용도 우려된다. 이 글에서는 이러한 관점에서 우리 법의 기본 틀이 어디에서 왔고, 그 근본적인 한계는 무엇이며, 비교법적 관점에서 대안과 바람직한 개선 방향은 어떠한 지를 검토하였다. 나아가 이와 체계적으로 관련되어있는 민법상 피성년후견인 입원절차(제947조의2)에 관하여도 살펴보았다.

• 의료법학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.125-153
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• 2012

The adult guardianship system has been introduced through amendments of Korean Civil Code for the first time in the March 2011(Act No. 10429, 7. 1. 2013. enforcement). The adult guardianship system has the main purposes to provide a lot of help vulnerable adults and elderly, and protect them on the welfare related with property act, treatment, care, etc. There could be a controversy about whether the protection Legal Guardian's consent(formerly known as the Mental Health Act) or permission of the Family Court(revised Civil Code) are required to, or the Mental Health Act should be revised, when mental patient will be hospitalized forcibly. The author proposes that mental patient with Adult guardians should be determined by Legal Guardian's consent and approval of the Family Court, but mental patient without Adult guardians could be determined by Legal Guardian's consent. The issue of Withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment could be occurred due to the aging society and the development of modern medicine, and this has provided difficult, various problems to mankind in Legal, ethical, and social welfare aspects. The need of Death with dignity law or Natural death law has been reduced for a revision of the Civil Code. Therefore, on the issue of Withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment, in the future, intervention of the court is necessary in accordance with the revised Civil Code Section, and Organ Transplantation Act and the brain death criteria may serve as an important criterion.