• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.639-649
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• 2014

Purpose: This study evaluates the feasibility of Korean Advance Directives (K-AD) developed earlier. Method: From January 1 to February 28, 2013, data were collected from 330 adults through a self-reported questionnaire established by the authors based on literature review and expert consultation. The feasibility of K-AD was multi-dimensionally evaluated through four criteria: cognitive, psychological, document making and socially expecting aspects. Data were analyzed using t tests, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffe post hoc tests via the SAS 9.1.3 program. Results: The feasibility of K-AD differed significantly by gender (p=.003), educational level (p<.001), religion (p=.002), and self-reported health status (p=.039). Differences in the level of easiness with K-AD by gender (p=.008) and education (p=.047) were significant. Perceived simplicity of AD differed significantly by religion (p=.005), and the necessity of AD differed significantly by gender (p=.025) and religion (p=.005). Conclusion: K-AD are sufficiently feasible to be tentatively utilized in practice. This is the first study to explore the feasibility of K-AD on the basis of multiple aspects. However, further studies involving diverse populations and methodologies to validate the usefulness of K-AD are warranted.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.74-84
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• 2021

Purpose: This study investigated knowledge of and attitudes toward advance directives (ADs) among middle-aged women in South Korea, their willingness to write ADs in the future, and the factors related to knowledge of and attitudes toward ADs. Methods: Data were collected using a self-administrated questionnaire completed by 154 middle-aged women aged 50 to 64 from February to March 2020. The questionnaire asked about participants' knowledge of and attitude toward ADs, willingness to write ADs in the future, experiences with life-sustaining treatment within their families, experience making decisions about life-sustaining treatment, and demographic characteristics. Results: Scores for both knowledge of and attitude toward ADs were relatively high. About 60% of participants gave wrong answers when asked if attorneys were required for writing ADs. A higher knowledge score was significantly associated with a higher attitude score (r=0.227, P<0.01). The women were more likely to be willing to write ADs in the future when they reported a middle income level rather than a lower income level (odds ratio [OR]=5.952, P<0.01), considered themselves unhealthy (OR=5.873, P<0.01), and graduated college or higher (OR=4.096, P<0.05). Furthermore, women who thought that ADs would have an impact on treatment (OR=1.869, P<0.05) and on their families (OR=1.447, P<0.05) were more likely to be willing to write an AD. Conclusion: This study shows that wrong information about ADs persists among middle-aged women, and significant factors associated with knowledge of and attitude toward ADs were identified. Targeted education programs about ADs need to be developed for middle-aged women.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2024

Purpose: Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents that outline a person's preferences or decisions regarding end-of-life care ahead of time. In Korea, there is insufficient awareness and knowledge about ADs among patients undergoing hemodialysis. This study explored the relationship between perceptions of a good death, knowledge about ADs, and attitudes toward ADs in this patient population. Methods: This cross-sectional survey enrolled 119 hemodialysis patients from a secondary hospital in 2021. The participants completed a self-administered questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using the t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, Spearman rank correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis. Results: The average score for perceptions of a good death among hemodialysis patients was 2.80 out of 4, with clinical symptoms identified as the most critical factor. The average scores for knowledge about ADs and attitudes toward ADs were 5.69 out of 9 and 2.79 out of 4, respectively. There was a positive correlation between perceptions of a good death and attitudes toward ADs (r=0.34, P<0.001), as well as between knowledge about Ads and attitudes toward ADs (r=0.19, P=0.037). Factors influencing attitudes toward Ads included employment status (β=0.22, P=0.011), education level (β=0.22, P=0.013), and perceptions of a good death (β=0.29, P=0.001), which accounted for 24.8% of the variance in attitudes toward ADs. Conclusion: A positive perception of a good death among patients undergoing hemodialysis was associated with a positive attitude toward ADs. Educational programs are needed to improve individuals' understanding of a good death and encourage the development of end-of-life care plans.

• 의료법학
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.257-279
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• 2016

최근에 환자연명의료결정법이 제정되었고, 2017년 8월 4일부터 효력을 발휘하게 된다. 이 법은 임종 과정 환자를 연명 의료 중단의 대상으로 하고, 말기 환자는 호스피스 완화의료를 받도록 하고 있는 것이 특징이다. 김할머니 사건은 뇌손상으로 지속적 식물상태에 빠진 환자에 대하여 가족이 인공호흡기 제거를 요청한 사건으로, 2009년 대법원이 일정한 요건을 인정하여 인공호흡기 제거를 허용한 사건이다. 김할머니 사건에 대하여 환자연명의료결정법을 적용하였을 때, 과연 대법원과 같은 내용의 결정이 내려 질 수 있는지 가정적 적용을 시도하였다. 환자연명의료결정법은 임종과정 환자 연명의료결정에 환자의 의사내용을 요건으로 하기 때문에, 도리어 인공호흡기 제거가 불가능할 수도 있고, 과잉적 의료개입이 지속될 가능성이 있다. 반대로 말기 환자의 경우는 연명의료중단에 대하여 환자의 자기결정권을 인정하지 않기 때문에 김할머니 사건에서 인공호흡기 제거가 불가능하다고 해석할 가능성도 있다. 현재 법에는 암, 후천성면역결핍증, 만성폐쇄성호흡기 질환, 만성간경화 및 보건복지부령으로 정하는 질환을 말기 환자로 규정하고 있는데, 보건복지부 지침 등을 통하여 김할머니와 같은 지속적 식물상태를 명확하게 제외하다는 해석이 필요하고, 전체적으로는 말기 환자의 사전 연명 의료 의사에 대한 자기 결정권 인정 여부에 대하여 재논의도 필요하다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.732-738
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• 2020

본 연구는 간호대학생을 대상으로 호스피스완화의료 교육이 영적 안녕감과 사전의료의향서 지식에 미치는 효과를 규명하기 위하여 실시되었으며, 비동등성 대조군 전후 설계의 유사실험 연구이다. 자료수집은 2018년 09월에서 12월까지 C시에 소재한 일개대학의 간호대학생 3학년을 대상으로 실시되었고, 실험군은 22명, 대조군은 27명이었다. 실험군은 호스피스 총론 교과목을 수강 신청한 3학년 학생 중에서 연구 참여에 동의한 대상자로 선정하였고, 대조군은 수강 신청하지 않은 대상자 중에서 참여의사를 밝힌 학생으로 구성되었다. 실험군은 주 1회 120분씩 7주 동안 총 14시간의 정규 교과목을 통하여 호스피스완화의료 교육을 제공받았다. 자료분석은 SPSS/WIN 21.0 Program을 이용하였으며 Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test, paired t-test로 분석하였다. 연구결과 영적 안녕감은 유의한 증가를 보였고(t=2.80, p=.009), 사전의료의향서 지식은 유의한 차이가 없었다(t=1.33, p=.190). 이상의 결과를 토대로 본 연구에서 적용한 호스피스완화의료 교육은 간호대학생의 영적 안녕감을 증진시킬 수 있는 구체적인 중재 방안을 모색했다는 점에서 연구의 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.109-118
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• 2016

목적: 본 연구는 일련의 연구들을 통해 제안된 한국형 사전의료의향서(K-AD)에 대해 일반인 등에 대한 수용성과 문서 자체의 신뢰도를 평가하고자 수행되었다. 방법: 연구 대상자는 3개 지역으로부터 편의 추출한 20세 이상 성인 181명이었다. 이들 모두에게 K-AD를 작성하게 한 후 시각상사척도 상으로 복잡성, 난이도, 필요성, 만족도, 추천도의 5개 측면을 평가하도록 하였고, 이중 117명의 중년과 노인 집단을 대상으로는 2주 후 다시 K-AD를 작성토록 하여 검사-재검사를 통한 문서자체의 신뢰도를 검증하였다. 결과: K-AD에 대한 전반적 및 5개 측면에서의 수용도는 100점 만점에 70점 이상으로 '중상' 정도의 수용성을 보였다. 검사-재검사 결과 kappa값은 0.592~0.950로 일치도는 moderate 이상인 것으로 나타났다. 덧붙여 K-AD 작성 결과 우리나라 성인의 임종기 의료와 관련한 가치관으로는 고통 없이 편안하게 임종을 맞는 것이 가장 많이 보고되었고 가치관, 의료 지시, 대리인 지정 모두에서 젊은 성인, 중년, 노인 집단별로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 결론: 본 연구 결과 K-AD는 가용한 문서로 평가되었다. 따라서 앞으로 더 다양한 집단을 대상으로 K-AD를 검증할 필요성이 있고 본 문서의 정착과 확산을 위한 연구와 노력이 요구된다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.413-459
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• 2008

The Law has intervened to define rare circumstances in which a person should choose continuing life in United States. On the one hand, the law has traditionally acted to preservelife and to respect the sanctity of life. On the other hand, one's control over one's own body, and the right to determine what kind of medical care one will receive, is equally well respected and historically grounded. The competent patients have the right to forgo life-sustaining treatment, courts in United States have left many unanswered questions about the nature of that right. The right to choose to forgo life-sustaining treatment is a manifestation of a patient's autonomy interest. In United States, The Karen Quilan case gave rise to legislative activity in the host of state capitals, and several states had adopted statutes that formally recognized some forms of written directives describing some circumstances in which certain kinds of medical care could be terminated. These statues were sometimes dominated 'living will' acts, sometimes 'right to die' acts and ocasionally 'natural death' acts. Today virtually every state has produced a living will statue. In Korea, courts do not permit a terminally ill person to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Living wills apply in case of terminal illness owing to a defect in legislation. Now In Korea, these lively dispute of legal policy on the preconditions and concrete procedure of living will act and natural death act. Through the legislation of living will act and natural death act, we should prepare some circumstances to respect patient's autonomy on the right to die. We should frame the cultural standard to make a decision of forgoing life-sustainin1g treatment under the discreet procedure.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.251-262
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• 2020

Purpose: This study attempts to provide basic data for establishing and implementing an advanced directive (AD) system that helps identify dignified death attitudes and reduces death anxiety of the preliminary, through preparation of an AD. Methods: Data were collected from 135 preliminary elderly aged 55 to 64 years, recruited from health centers and welfare facilities. All data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0. Results: Overall scores of the participants were 2.26±0.64 for death anxiety scale, and 3.16±0.44 for dignified death attitude. Scores of individuals who prepared an AD were determined to be 2.19±0.64 for death anxiety, and 3.34±0.44 for dignity of death. The difference in scores obtained for dignified death attitude was significantly higher for the group that signed an AD, as compared to the group with no AD (F=14.81, p<0.001). Conclusions: Results of this study reveal that preliminary elderly who sign an AD have a higher dignified death attitude score as compared to subjects who do not sign an AD. Additionally, the former group of participants desire a dignified end to their life. This indicates a necessity to promote public campaigns for ADs, and to develop educational programs that assist the elderly to prepare for a dignified death and make autonomous decisions.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.207-218
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the chronic patients' preferences for care near the end of life. Methods: This is a descriptive survey research, with subjects of 161 outpatients with hypertension, diabetes mellitus or chronic renal failure. Results: The majority of the subjects do not want meaningless life sustaining treatment and they report thinking positively about family or health care professional to participate in their end of life decision making process. Subjects reported preferring adequate pain management and spiritual support at the end of life. In regard to advance directives (ADs), those subjects with chronic disease report thinking positively about the necessity of ADs and its institutionalization. However, the subjects report not having the detailed information on the proper time and method of writing their ADs. Conclusion: Based on these results, educational programs on end of life decision making for chronic patients need to be developed. Also, the nurse should try to reflect the opinion of chronic patients as much as possible when make an end-of-life decision.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.20-32
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• 2013

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 사전의료의향서 사용 집단을 대상으로 초안에서 도출된 한국형 사전의료의향서 콘텐츠의 구성 요소를 바탕으로 실제 사용자 집단에서 인지적, 심리적 및 사회적으로 수용 가능한 문장과 문항으로 구성된 문서를 구축하여 한국형 사전의료의향서 모델을 제시하는 것이다. 방법: 실제 사용자인 일반 성인의 보건의료정보 문해력과 정서적 수용성 및 작성 과정을 고려하여 초안을 작성하였으며 초안을 바탕으로 인지면담(Cognitive Interviewing) 방법을 통한 문항 개발 과정을 수행하였다. 대상자는 9명의 65세 이상 노인을 포함한 16명의 인지면담에 장애가 없는 성인이었다. 결과: 총 2회기에 걸친 인지면담 결과를 분석한 후 최종적으로 3개 속성(가치관, 의료지시[9문항] 대리인 지정)을 중심으로 총 430개 단어로 구성되는 모델을 확정 제안하였다. 결론: 본 연구에서는 한국형 사전의료의향서 문서를 효과적으로 향상시킬 수 있는 방법으로 인지면담을 사용하였으며 그 가능성을 검증하였다. 한국형 사전의료의향서 최종 모델을 위해서는 대규모 양적 연구를 통해 가용성을 검증하며, 신뢰도와 타당도를 확보하여 모델을 확정하는 과정이 포함된 추후연구가 필요할 것이다.