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The History of Hospice and Palliative Care in Korea (한국 호스피스 완화의료의 역사)

  • Kim, Chang Gon
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2019
  • The first hospice care center in Korea dates back to the East West Infirmaries (Dongseodaebiwon in the Korean language) of the Goryeo period in the early 11th century. It has been 50 years since hospice care was introduced in Korea. Initially hospice care was provided in the private sector, including those with a religious background, and its development was slow. In the 1990s, related religious organizations and academic associations were established, and then, a full-swing growth phase was ushered in as the Korean government institutionalized hospice care in the early 2000s. As a result, enhanced quality of hospice care service could be provided, which meant better pain management and higher quality of life for late stage cancer patients and their families. Still, the nation lacked a realistic reimbursement system which was needed to for financial stability of the affected patients. However, the national health insurance scheme began to cover hospice palliative expenses in 2015. In 2016, the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life was legislated, allowing terminally-ill patients to refuse meaningless life-sustaining treatments. As the range of diseases subject to hospice palliative care was expanded, more challenges and issues need to be addressed by the service providers.

호스피스ㆍ완화의료 제도화 현황 및 발전과제

  • Yun, Yeong-Ho
    • Health and Mission
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    • s.3
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    • pp.27-31
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    • 2005
  • 한국의 제도현실을 감안해보면, 호스피스 환자관리에 대한 표준지침 마련, 적정수가와 의료수송체계 관련 법률의 제정, 정부의 예산지원, 재가 암환자 관리사업의 활성화, 호스피스ㆍ완화의료 서비스 교육ㆍ홍보의 활성화 등에 대한 방안의 강구가 절실히 요청된다.

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Policy on Hospice and Palliative Care in Korea (말기암환자 완화의료정책 현황)

  • Chang, Yoon-Jung
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.183-187
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    • 2012
  • The importance of palliative care for terminal cancer patients has been emphasized globally. Korea has formulated and implemented its policy for cancer control as it drew up a 10-year plan for cancer patient care. We examined Korea's National Cancer Act and the second 10-year plan for cancer patient care, which are legal grounds for palliative care projects for terminal cancer patients, to check the current status of Korea's efforts to establish a hospice and palliative care system. Institutionalization of hospice and palliative care has been developed within a framework of the national cancer project. Efforts such as expansion of hospice units, experts training and quality improvement should continue after the reimbursement of hospice and palliative care begins in 2013.