• 종양간호연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.140-149
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses' perceptions and attitudes towards euthanasia. Method: The subject consisted of 345 nurses from the four general hospitals above 500 beds. Measurement tools were the Ryu's perceptions towards euthanasia, and Park's attitudes toward euthanasia. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA by using SPSS WIN 10.0 program. Results: The approval rate of passive euthanasia was 62.6%. Main reason of approval for the passive euthanasia was that euthanasia was "act of mercy". On the other hand, main reason of opposition was that "life is invaluable". 81.2% of subjects responded saying that they would ask for passive euthanasia. The approval rate of active euthanasia was 15.7%. 54.8% of subjects responded saying that they will not ask for active euthanasia. General characteristics significantly related to attitudes to euthanasia were the units, nursing degree, and meaning of euthanasia. The mean score for attitudes to euthanasia was 2.36 and it was negative attitudes. Conclusion: Man has the right to live within his life with dignity. What is most important here seems to be the legalization of euthanasia which still remains unresolved.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.379-390
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• 2000

Euthanasia have received considerable attention recentely in medical literature, public discussion, and proposed state legislation. Almost all the discussion in this area has focused on the role of physicians. However, nurse may be in special position to understand the wishes of patients and to act on this understanding. Purpose of this study is to identity the meaning of euthanasia in terminal ill patients on the nurses' veiw. Forcused interveiw design was used to data collection The data were analyzed by semantic analysis, and analysis of the data resulted in identification of 14 categories representing the meaning of euthanasia. 1. The meaning of supported euthanasia is 'free of suffering', 'difficulty of economic status', 'right of patient and family', 'dignity of death', 'organ transplant', 'social legislation'. 2. The meaning of opposited euthanasia is 'artificial death', 'value of life', 'uncertainity', 'guilt feeling' 3. The meaning of care in terminalily ill patients is 'avoidance', 'powerlessness'. 'apathy'. 'passive attitude'. The policy debate about professional roles in action that end of lives of patients must be extended nurses. Nurses must take an active role in discussion and definition of acceptable practice at the end of life.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2020

본 연구는 간호대학생을 대상으로 웰다잉에 대한 인식과 연명치료중단의 태도 및 안락사에 대한 태도 간의 관계를 알아보고자 시도되었다. 연구 기간은 2018년 4월 1일부터 5월 6일까지로 D광역시에 소재한 간호학과의 288명의 간호대학생을 대상으로 조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과 웰다잉에 대한 인식은 연명치료중단의 태도와 적극적 안락사, 소극적 안락사와 정(+)의 상관관계로, 연명치료중단의 태도는 적극적 안락사, 소극적 안락사와 정(+)의 상관관계로 나타났다. 간호사는 연명치료과정에서 많은 윤리적 갈등을 경험할 것으로 예상되는 바 간호대학생 시기에 웰다잉에 대한 인식, 생명윤리교육을 받는 것이 필요하고 교육프로그램의 개발과 효과평가가 요구된다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.461-503
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• 2008

The right to live is the most valuable benefit and protection of the law. And Medical science is the study considering value of life as the top priority. As modern medical science has progressed and expanding lifespan skills have developed, the number of symptom, called a human vegetable, has been also increased. As a result, people concerns whether euthanasia should be permitted. (1) Active euthanasia is prohibited and a doctor who conduct it is punished. (2) Indirect euthanasia can be permitted unless it is against a patient's intention. (3) Permission of passive euthanasia depends on intention of a patient. In other words, when a patient accepts, a doctor respects the right of self determination of patient and irreversible situation such as brain death happens, treatment stop is permitted. Even a patient who is in the last stage of cancer has a right to die in the dignity and elegance. Solutions for ceasing medical treatment are as follows; First, establishment of 'Bioethics Committee'. Second, setting procedures to empower a court a right to decide whether medical treatment is ceased. Third, setting procedure a government to assist treatment fees. In this paper, direction for social agreement of legal policy regarding the ceasing treatment is provided.

• 의료법학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.285-308
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• 2012

The Korean supreme court said that Mrs Kim who was in a persistent vegetative state had a right to die if she had a presumed will or assumption of dying against Severance hospital in 2009. Presumed would be vague and can not be subjective to conjecture though, the court had a developed trial on the case. I recommend the higher valued notion such as the 'right to decide on the life extension' is more logical than assumptive will. To achieve this recommendation, I will search right to life, right to decision, human dignity and find the good relationship between them. In conclusion, I will announce that if PVS patients without advanced directives aren't able to express their will and no one could not assume their right to die in spite of meaningless life extension. So only the due and strict procedure about the extinction of meaningless PVS patients will allow them to sacrifice themselves or remove life extension ventilators. Also active euthanasia would be possible under the strict procedure of making advanced directives and the act of helping active euthanasia additionally, the crime of abetting suicide would not be executed in the legal scope.

• 의료법학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.263-305
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• 2009

Is it lawful to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment applied to a patient in a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition? In Korea, there are no such laws or regulations which control affairs related to the withholding or withdrawal life-support treatment and active euthanasia as the Natural Death Act or the Death with Dignity Act in the U. S. A. And in addition there has had no precedent of Supreme Court. Recently Supreme Court has pronounced a historical judgment on a terminal care case. The court allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a patient in a permanent unconscious state. Fundamentally the court judged that the continuation of that medical treatment would infringe dignity and value of a patient as a human being. And the court required some legal grounds to consider such withdrawal or withholding of medical care lawful. The legal grounds are as follow. First, the patient is in a incurable and irreversible condition and already entered a stage of death. Second, the patient executed a directive, in advance, directing the withholding or withdrawal of life-support treatment in a incurable and irreversible condition or in a terminal condition. Otherwise, at least, the patient's will would be presumed through his/her character, view of value, philosophy, religious faith and career etc. I regard if a patient is in a incurable and irreversible condition or in a terminal condition, the medical contract between a patient and a doctor would be terminated because of the actual impossibility of achievement of it's purpose. So I think the discontinuation of life-sustaining care would be legally allowed without depending on the patient's own will.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.140-146
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• 2008

목적: 말기 암 환자의 증가, 노년인구의 증가, 연명치료기술의 발달 등으로 완치될 수 없는 질환을 가진 말기 환자에 대한 치료 결정(End of life decision making)은 늘어나고 있다. 하지만 이에 대한 의료진의 태도나 환자 및 보호자의 인식은 낮은 상태에 있고 이로 인해서 말기 환자에게 말기진정과 같은 결정이 필요한 경우에 있어서도 그 시행에 많은 제약이 있으며 때로는 잘못된 시행으로 윤리적으로 어긋나는 경우가 발생되고 있다. 이에 의과대학 교육과정을 통하여 말기 환자 치료 결정에 대한 올바른 태도 변화를 가져올 수 있으며, 미래 의료계의 주역이 될 의과대학생들이 말기진정을 포함하여 능동적 안락사, 의사조력자살, 연명치료 유보 및 중단 등 말기 환자 치료결정에 대해 어떠한 태도를 가지고 있는가를 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법: 2007년 6월 25일부터 6월 29일 사이에 1개 의과대학 본과 1, 2학년 학생과 임상 실습중인 3학년 학생 총 388명을 대상으로 능동적 안락사, 의사조력자살, 연명치료 유보 및 중단, 말기 진정 등 말기 환자 치료결정에 대한 태도와 인구사회학적 자료를 설문 조사하였다. 응답이 완료된 267명을 대상으로 말기 환자 치료결정에 대한 태도와 각 인자들 간의 관련성을 분석하였다. 결과: 일개 의과대학생 267명을 대상으로 시행한 설문 조사에서 능동적 안락사, 의사조력자살, 연명치료의 유보 및 중단, 말기 진정의 시행에 찬성하는 비율은 각각 37.1%, 21.7%, 58.4%, 60.3%, 41.6%였다. 이 비율은 각 항목의 윤리적 타당성에 대한 설문 결과와 유사하였다. 1학년보다는 3학년에서 능동적 안락사와 의사조력자살은 더 반대하였고, 연명치료 유보 및 중단, 말기 진정에 대해서는 더 찬성하였다. 종교 활동 시간이 많을수록 각 항목에 대한 찬성이 적었으며 교육 경험 유무, 특히 임상실습경험이 있는 3학년 학생에서 말기 진정에 더 많이 찬성하였다. 연령, 임종 환자 경험 유무가 태도에 미치는 영향은 없었다. 결론: 말기 환자 치료 결정의 구체적 임상 행위에 대한 의과대학생의 태도에 이전 연구에서처럼 종교 또는 교육이 말기 환자 치료 결정에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 특히, 임상실습을 통한 교육경험이 태도 변화에 중요하였다.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.459-480
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• 2003

Purpose: This study was done to analyze the contents of nurses' ethical decision-making in four of hypothetical dilemma cases using the Cameron's Ethical Decision-Making Model of 'Value, Be, Do'. Method: Sixteen nurses who work at ICU at present or worked before, participated from April 10 to May 10 in 2002. The participants were interviewed three times each and for 40 minutes at once, with a structured questionnaire at their working places and locker rooms. The data was analyzed by a procedure of qualitative content analysis into three categories; what should I value, who should I be, what should I do. Result: 1) In consistency, most of subjects showed a unified voice in 'Value, Be, Do'. Exceptionally 8 subjects showed inconsistency such as 3 in active treatment to the incurable patients(case 1), 1 in treatment truth-telling to the terminally ill patients(case 2), 3 in conflict with uncooperative doctors(case 3), 3 in dying patients and euthanasia(case 4). Only one subject showed inconsistency in 3 dilemma cases. 2) Closing the interview procedure, the subjects evaluated Cameron's Model as it would help them build consistent value, carry right action, and cope to conflicts. Conclusion: On the basis of the results, it is recommended that nursing ethics should adopt the ethical decision-making model, and be applied to the curriculum of nursing colleges and continuing education program for clinical nurses.