• Korea Information Processing Society Review
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.4-10
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• 2004

통신(Telecommunication)과 정보과학(Informatics)의 합성어인 텔레매틱스는 ‘의료 텔레매틱스 (Medical Telematics 또는 Medical Informatics)’와 같이 응용분야에 따라 상이하게 정의되고 적용될 수 있다. 그러나 공통적으로는 원격 장치나 시스템 (remote devices or systems)을 모니터 링하고 조정하는 제반 응용분야에 적용되는 개념으로 볼 수 있다. 텔레매틱스 응용분야 가운데 교통 분야는 시장 규모가 가장 크고 급성장하는 분야로서 특히 차량과 관련된 분야는 자동차산업과 정보통신기술 발전에 편승하여 최근에 가장 각광을 받고 있다. (중략)

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.40-46
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• 2013

본고에서는 무선인체센서내트워크의 개념을 정립하고, WBAN (Wireless Body Network)의 표준화 동향, 문제점 그리고 향후 지속 가능한 연구 방향에 대하여 고찰하였다. 클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경은 인체센서 노드에서 고성능 슈퍼 컴퓨터에 이르는 다양한 범위의 서로 다른 장치를 연결하여 컨텐트 중심의 서비스를 제공하게 될 것이며 이에 대한 이슈와 연구방향을 진단하였다. 나노기술로 인하여 나노미터 수준의 장치를 개발할 수 있을 것으로 예상되며, 이러한 나노장치 간 정보교환은 의료, 환경 및 군사 분야에서 떠오르는 나노 응용기술로 발전하게 되었다. 나노장치 사이의 정보전송을 전기자기학적(EM) 나노통신 및 분자레벨 나노통신으로 구분할 수 있으며 이들의 연구 방향을 통신 이론적 관점에서 고찰하고 분석하였다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.37-43
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• 2015

5세대(5G) 이동통신은 다양한 모바일 기기와 가입자의 확산에 따른 모바일 트래픽 증가를 수용할 뿐만 아니라 원격의료와 같이 저지연을 기반으로 하는 새로운 형태의 서비스를 제공함을 목표로 한다. 저지연 서비스는 수 밀리세컨드 (ms) 이내의 단대단 지연 요구사항을 가지며 무선 구간에서의 전송지연도 기존 시스템 대비 획기적인 단축을 필요로 한다. 본고에서는 5G 저지연 서비스의 개념 및 요구사항, 그리고 저지연 무선 기술 및 테스트베드 개발 동향에 대해서 알아본다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.837-840
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• 2007

사회가 고령화, 초핵가족화 및 재난취약계층이 늘어나면서 요구호자에 대한 고품질 맞춤형서비스가 필요하게 되었다. 본 논문에서는 소방방재청의 24*365 긴급대응서비스에 IT첨단기술, 바이오 의료기술을 접목하여 언제 어디서나 고품격 맞춤형 서비스를 제공할 수 있는 U-119시스템 개념, 구축사례 및 발전방향에 대해 제시하고자 한다.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.147-196
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• 2023

Advances in brain science have made it possible to stimulate the brain to treat brain disorder or to connect directly between the neuron activity and an external devices. Non-invasive neurotechnologies already exist, but invasive neurotechnologies can provide more precise stimulation or measure brainwaves more precisely. Nowadays deep brain stimulation (DBS) is recognized as an accepted treatment for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. In addition DBS has shown a certain positive effect in patients with Alzheimer's disease and depression. Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are in the clinical stage but help patients in vegetative state can communicate or support rehabilitation for nerve-damaged people. The issue is that the people who need these invasive neurotechnologies are those whose capacity to consent is impaired or who are unable to communicate due to disease or nerve damage, while DBS and BCI operations are highly invasive and require informed consent of patients. Especially in areas where neurotechnology is still in clinical trials, the risks are greater and the benefits are uncertain, so more explanation should be provided to let patients make an informed decision. If the patient is under guardianship, the guardian is able to substitute for the patient's consent, if necessary with the authorization of court. If the patient is not under guardianship and the patient's capacity to consent is impaired or he is unable to express the consent, korean healthcare institution tend to rely on the patient's near relative guardian(de facto guardian) to give consent. But the concept of a de facto guardian is not provided by our civil law system. In the long run, it would be more appropriate to provide that a patient's spouse or next of kin may be authorized to give consent for the patient, if he or she is neither under guardianship nor appointed enduring power of attorney. If the patient was not properly informed of the risks involved in the neurosurgery, he or she may be entitled to compensation of intangible damages. If there is a causal relation between the malpractice and the side effects, the patient may also be able to recover damages for those side effects. In addition, both BCI and DBS involve the implantation of electrodes or microchips in the brain, which are controlled by an external devices. Since implantable medical devices are subject to product liability laws, the patient may be able to sue the manufacturer for damages if the defect caused the adverse effects. Recently, Korea's medical device regulation mandated liability insurance system for implantable medical devices to strengthen consumer protection.

• 재활복지
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.107-127
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• 2017

The objective of this study is to suggest measures to support the community-based rehabilitation sports service for health of people with disabilities, which can be applicable to South Korea, by analyzing the rehabilitation sports service support system of Germany and Japan. Through literature review and direct visiting to Japan, the researcher explored such factors as, background of initiating the rehabilitation sports service, concept, range, and subject of theservice, service delivery procedure, and institutions, and finance of the service. The institutional implications are as follows: First, the concept and range of rehabilitation sports are gradually expanding. Initially, the rehabilitation sports started targeting for veterans with disabilities for the purpose of medical rehabilitation in Germany and Japan. As time passes, however, the importance of rehabilitation sports has emphasized, and the subjects have gradually expanded for the purpose of preventing disability or secondary diseases caused by disability. Second, in order to perform rehabilitation sports service, it is essential to have manpower with expertise in medical treatment, welfare, disability, and exercise prescription, likewise Germany and Japan do. Third, Germany and Japan emphasize the assignment of rehabilitation sports instructors in institutions, rather designating specific institutions, which is moving toward the manpower-based rehabilitation sports service, rather place-based service. Fourth, rather having simple medical programs or sports-oriented programs, it would be necessary to have the systematized disease-oriented programs for each type of disability. Lastly, the clients-oriented service delivery process should be established.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.149-158
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• 2013

Since 1990, descriptive studies about the concept of client advocacy have been published in the health journals. However, empirical studies of the concept are still lacking. There are not enough bases to apply the concept of client advocacy in nursing practice. The purpose of this paper is to encourage empirical research about client advocacy by clarification of the concept and to discusses application of the theory in child healthcare. The literature was reviewed that empirical studies on client advocacy conducted after the year 2000. The changing trends in the client advocacy concept was examined; it was changed from the philosophical concept to nursing action and changed from individual advocacy to collective advocacy, with the rise of the self advocacy concept. The research trends on client advocacy evolves from descriptive study to quasi-experimental study and instrument development study, with diversification and expansion of research methods, advocates, clients and settings. The advocacy role of the nurse in child healthcare is significant due to the child's lack of self determination ability. In ill child care, the application of individual advocacy is potent, while in healthy child care, collective advocacy, policy advocacy, and social advocacy is effective.

• The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.21-30
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• 2016

Objective : In October 2016, the most powerful earthquake, magnitude 5.1 and 5.8 struck the city of Gyeongju in Korea. Although it did not take a toll, this implicates potential disaster in the future. Taking this earthquake, this paper considers the healthcare system responding to disaster in non-government organization and other countries, and investigates the roles of occupational therapist in disaster management. Methods : This paper reviews literature related to healthcare system and roles of occupational therapist in disaster response. Results : Humanitarian recovery mission of Red Cross impacted and facilitated the recovery of vulnerable population including children, elderly and people with disabilities in disaster response. It was also emphasized by occurring large population with disabilities after disasters so that the concept of rehabilitation and occupational therapist's role was required. Occupational therapy practitioners play an important role in the stage of disaster preparedness, response and recovery and their target population is children, elderly and people with disabilities. Conclusion : The most of NGO and counties take the concept of rehabilitation into healthcare system responding to disaster. However, the system in Korea stays in emergency level. It is important to take the humanitarian recovery and rehabilitation concept to disaster relief. the survivors would be able to return to their normalcy and health life.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.219-234
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• 2020

As the Korean society ages, the number of women who specialize in community health care is expected to increase. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and structure the nature of suffering due to job stress among female community health care professionals, and to provide basic data supporting the performance of female health care professionals. To use Parse's theory of human becoming, nine female health care professionals were selected in the community. After forming the "you and me" relationship, the researcher recorded the participants' distress through honest conversations. It was converted to the structure of human becoming through the extraction-synthesis and discovery interpretation process. Through conceptual interpretation, the structure of the experience was developed. At the results, the female health care professionals were the process of overcoming difficulty due to poor working conditions and conflict in roles between work and family through their skills and communication reinforcements in hopes for change. The stable national welfare policies must be established to sustain jobs with female community health care experts through improved working conditions.

• 한국과학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2015.12a
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• pp.247-278
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• 2015

Recently, as DNR prevails more and more in Korea, discussions regarding meaningless medical life-sustaining-treatment (LST) intensified. Some of the Supreme Court decisions are even discussed in mass media, causing public debates. These cases tell us that, as life-sustaining medical technologies are highly developed, more sociological and policy-related analyses are needed on them. Firstly, this study will review 40 previous studies that analyze recent discussions in Korea about LST. Secondly, this study also shows that in bioethical and policy-related perspectives, governance about LST calls for a new implications regarding thanatoethics and thanatopolitics. In this new theoretical framework, death with dignity (DwD) can be understood as a process of giving back the thanatopower to the subject who chooses his way of ending based on his sound and free will. Thirdly, some of the new LST or resuscitation technologies such as automated external defibrillators (AED) are developed in RRI framework. However, if subjects themselves choose not to apply those technologies on them, as in the case of DNR (do not resuscitate) vows, meaning of developing such technologies are to be questioned. But currently such questions regarding the limitations of RRI are seldom asked. I argue that in order to properly apply RRI framework on existing technology, we also need to consider these points.