• 의학교육논단
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2020

Hospice and palliative care (HPC) education is an essential component of undergraduate medical education. Since February 4th, 2018, withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment at the end of life (EOL) has been permitted in Korea as put forth by law, the "Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life." Therefore, Korean medical schools have faced a challenge in providing comprehensive HPC education in order to better prepare medical students to be competent physicians in fulfilling their role in caring for patients at the EOL. There have been considerable variations in the evolution and organization of HPC education across Korean medical schools for the past 20 years. In 2016, all medical schools taught HPC curriculum as a separate course or integrated courses, with the most frequently taught topics including: delivering bad news, pain management, and the concept of palliative medicine. However, the content, time allocation, learning format, and clinical skills practice training of HPC education have been insufficient, inconsistent, and diverse. For this reason, we propose a HPC curriculum containing seven domains with 60 learning objectives in a course duration of over 20 hours based on the Palliative Education Assessment Tool (PEAT) as standard HPC curriculum. Furthermore, we recommend development of a national curriculum for HPC/EOL care education to be organized by the HPC board and managed under the accreditation criteria of the Korea Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.184-193
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• 2021

Purpose: This study attempted to develop clinical guidelines to help patients use hospice and palliative care (HPC) at an appropriate time after writing physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) by identifying the characteristics of HPC use of patients with terminal cancer. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted to understand the characteristics of HPC use of patients with terminal cancer through decision tree analysis. The participants were 394 terminal cancer patients who were hospitalized at a cancer-specialized hospital in Seoul, South Korea and wrote POLST from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021. Results: The predictive model for the characteristics of HPC use showed three main nodes (living together, pain control, and period to death after writing POLST). The decision tree analysis of HPC use by terminal cancer patients showed that the most likely group to use HPC use was terminal cancer patients who had a cohabitant, received pain control, and died 2 months or more after writing a POLST. The probability of HPC usage rate in this group was 87.5%. The next most likely group to use HPC had a cohabitant and received pain control; 64.8% of this group used HPC. Finally, 55.1% of participants who had a cohabitant used HPC, which was a significantly higher proportion than that of participants who did not have a cohabitant (1.7%). Conclusion: This study provides meaningful clinical evidence to help make decisions on HPC use more easily at an appropriate time.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2002

Purpose : With the elongation of the average life span, the main causes of death are chronicle illness including cancers resulting in a large amount of medical resources. And there are still many patients to whom a sufficient medical care is not given. All these bring on the uneven distribution of medical resources together with the increase of medical cost. Hence, an efficient system should be set up to solve these problems. Methods : The hospice draws a great attention as a resolution of high medical cost and uneven medical resource distribution, and has been proved to be an alternative to the existing medical system. So, the characteristics of the hospice has been reviewed, particularly with respect to its scopes and related resources. And by tracking the actual cases, the necessary services and supports are investigated. Results : The intrinsic characteristics of hospice is that it executes not only the medical exercise but also all the subjects related with patients and their families. And the hospice is performed not only by the medical experts but also by all the disciplines including social and spiritual affairs. This indicates that the hospice requires the integrated system comprised of medical, social and other welfare entities. Conclusion : To establish the actual hospice, an efficient and systematic integration of all the existing medical and other welfare resources in the local society is necessary. The most practical way is the networking of resources, which practices the hospice more efficiently without additional investment.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.254-260
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• 2021

Continuous deep sedation (CDS) is an extreme form of palliative sedation to relieve refractory symptoms at the end of life. In this study, we shared our experiences with CDS and examined the clinical characteristics associated with survival in patients with terminal cancer who received CDS. We conducted a chart audit of 106 consecutive patients with terminal cancer who received CDS at a single hospice care unit between January 2014 and December 2016. Survival was defined as the first day of admission to the date of death. The associations between clinical characteristics and survival were presented as hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals using a Cox proportional hazard model. The mean age of participants was 65.2 years, and 33.0% (n=35) were women. Diazepam was the most commonly administered drug, and haloperidol or lorazepam were also used if needed. One sedative was enough for a majority of the patients. Stepwise multivariate analysis identified poor functioning, a high Palliative Prognostic Index score, hyperbilirubinemia, high serum ferritin levels, and a low number of sedatives as independent poor prognostic factors. Our experiences and findings are expected to be helpful for shared decision-making and further research on palliative sedation.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2013

본 종설의 목적은 한국 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지가 어떤 활동을 전개했고 어떤 위치에 놓여 있는지를 이해함으로써 향후 한국 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지가 해야 할 미래전략 제시한다. 문헌조사와 참여관찰을 통해 한국 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지가 전개해 온 활동을 과거, 현재, 미래전략으로 나눠서 역할 및 자격 기준, 교육, 연구, 정책 활동의 네 축을 중심으로 살펴본다. 첫째, 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지사의 역할이 명확하게 정립되어 있지 않고 자격기준이 미비하다. 사회복지사의 불명확한 역할과 미비한 자격기준은 전문성 발휘를 어렵게 한다. 미래 전략은 역할의 재정립과 인력 및 자격기준의 마련이 필요하다. 둘째, 교육에 있어서 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지사를 대상으로 하는 전문교육이 충분하지 못하다. 또한 교육자가 부족하다. 미래전략은 전문교육의 강화와 교육자 개발 교육이 마련되어야 한다. 셋째, 연구에서 사회복지사의 학술지 게재 편수가 절대적으로 부족하며 타 전문직에 비해서 학술활동의 참여도가 낮다. 미래전략은 연구 및 학술활동의 활성화와 개입효과성 증명 등 정책반영에 필요한 근거 중심의 연구가 필요하다. 끝으로 제도적으로 인력확보 및 수가인정을 받지 못하고 있다. 미래전략은 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지사의 전담 인력확보, 수가인정을 위한 적극적인 정책 활동이 필요하다. 한국 호스피스 완화의료 사회복지는 전략적인 접근을 가지고 목표를 구체적으로 정하고 이에 집중해야 한다. 또한 관련 학회, 협회, 학교와 네트워킹과 파트너십 구축을 통해 인프라를 구축하며, 실행 조직체계를 구성하고 실행 주체를 강화해야 한다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2016

Hospice palliative care (HPC) in Korea has developed steadily since its introduction in 1965. Currently, HPC in Korea is targeted only towards terminal cancer patients and their families, and the national health insurance scheme covers only inpatient hospice care for said patients. In recent years, healthcare professionals and policy makers began to recognize the need for HPC services in diverse settings including outside hospital boundaries, and for all terminally-ill patients. A law on HPC passed in January 2016 allows terminally-ill patients to refuse life-sustaining treatments, and will likely facilitate further development of HPC services. It is critical for the government and all interested parties in the medical, academic and social sectors to collaborate to ensure its success once it takes effect in 2017. This article will briefly review the half-century history of HPC in Korea, and discuss how to prepare for and cope with death and, thereby, improve the quality of death.

• 호스피스학술지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.153-171
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• 2008

• 호스피스학술지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.89-122
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• 2008

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2021

In the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), social distancing and strict visitation policies at hospitals have made it difficult for medical staff to provide high-quality end-of-life (EOL) care to dying patients and their families. There are various issues related to EOL care, including psychological problems of patients and their families, difficulties in EOL decision-making, the complicated grief of the bereaved family, moral distress, and exhaustion of medical staff. In relation to these issues, we aimed to discuss practical considerations in providing high-quality EOL care in the COVID-19 pandemic. First, medical staff should discuss advance care planning as early as possible and use the parallel planning strategy. Second, medical staff should play a role in facilitating patient-family communication. Third, medical staff should actively and proactively evaluate and alleviate dying patients' symptoms using non-verbal communication. Lastly, medical staff should provide care for family members of the dying patient, who may be particularly vulnerable to post-bereavement problems in the COVID-19 era. Establishing a system of screening high-risk individuals for complicated grief and connecting them to bereavement support services might be considered. Despite the challenging and limited environment, providing EOL care is essential for patients to die with dignity in peace and for the remaining family to return to life after the loved one's death. Efforts considering the practical issues faced by all medical staff and healthcare institutions caring for dying patients should be made.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2010

목적: 호스피스 완화의료 전문인력의 질 관리를 위해 요구되는 자격인증체계 마련을 위해 전문인력들을 대상으로 자격인증체제의 필요성 및 구체적 방안에 대한 설문조사결과를 분석 제시하여 제도 마련의 기초자료로 삼고자 하였다. 방법: 국립암센터와 한국 호스피스 완화의료학회에서는 2009년 6월 17일부터 23일까지, 보건복지가족부지정 34개 암환자 완화의료기관에 등록된 전문인력인 의사, 간호사, 사회복지사, 성직자와 한국 호스피스 완화의료학회 회원들을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 그 중 총 220명이 설문에 참여하였다. 결과: 의사는 90% (46/51)가 자격인증이 필요하다고 하였고, 간호사는 84% (113/134), 사회복지사의 경우 89% (31/35)가 자격인증이 필요하다고 하였다. 자격인증 방안에 관해서는 의사의 경우 일정한 교육만 받으면 인정의 자격을 부여해 주는 방법을 가장 선호하였고(46%), 사회복지사의 경우도 일정교육을 받은 의료사회복지사에게 자격을 부여하는 것을 가장 선호하였다. 자격인증 주체에 있어서는 의사의 경우 한국 호스피스 완화의료학회 또는 보건복지가족부가 주체가 되어야 한다는 의견이 각각 45%로 가장 많았고, 간호사와 사회복지사의 경우 보건복지가족부가 주체가 되어야 한다는 응답이 각각 50%, 66%로 가장 높았다. 교육프로그램개발 및 인정주체에 관한 의견으로는 의사의 경우 한국 호스피스 완화의료학회가 51%로 가장 높았고, 간호사의 경우 보건복지가족부(또는 국립암센터)와 한국 호스피스 완화의료학회가 함께 주체가 되어야 한다는 의견이 23%로 가장 높았다. 사회복지사의 경우 보건복지가족부(또는 국립암센터)와 대한의료사회복지사협회가 주체가 되어야 한다는 의견이 37%로 가장 많았다. 마지막으로 교육운영방식은 세 직종 모두 주말을 이용한 강의와 일부 실습이 결합된 형태를 가장 선호하였다. 결론: 국내 호스피스 완화의료 전문인력은 자격인증체제에 대한 높은 요구도를 가지고 있으며, 각 직종별요구를 반영하는 적절한 자격인증체제 및 교육프로그램개발이 시급하다.