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The Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Management for Dying Patients: A Study in Judicial Precedents Worldwide

Kim JH

The decision to withdrawal of life-sustaining management for dying patients is one of the most difficult challenges in modern medical ethics. Due to the advances in medical science and technology,...
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Gastrointestinal Motility Modulating Drugs

Lee OY

Gastrointestinal motility modulating drugs include all compounds which have pharmacological activity of modulating (stimulating or inhibiting) gastrointestinal motility. They are mainly used for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal diseases. Gastrointestinal...
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Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Related to Enterovirus 71

Kim JH, Kim SJ, Cheon DS

Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), one of the more distinctive rash syndromes, is most frequently caused by coxsackievirus A16, but can also be caused by enterovirus 71 (EV71) and other coxsackieviruses. Recently,...
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Hospice-Palliative Care and Social Strategies for Improvement of the Quality of End-of-Life

Yun YH

Despite of various efforts for high quality care at the end-of -life (EOL), there are still gaps between hope and reality of patients with terminal illness and their caregivers. Together...
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Patient Autonomy and Advance Directives in Korea

Heo DS

There has been a controversy in Korea regarding a 'death with dignity' in comparison to a 'natural death'. However, the issue of patient autonomy is often overlooked. Decision on withholding...
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The Implications and Significance of the Case at Severance Hospital

Park HW

This year on May 21st, the full panel of the Supreme Court in Korea had first made a judgment on 'withdrawal of life-sustaining management'. In this case, where a 76...
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Medical Tourism and the Future of Medical Practice in Korea

Woo BS

Medical tourism has emerged as a an increasingly relevant issue worldwide and its spread is gaining greater momentum. In 2008, 750,000 Americans went overseas for medical procedures and the number...
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Effects of Exercise on Structural and Functional Changes in the Aging Brain

Lee KJ, Rhyu IJ

Arapid increase in the elderly population has raised social awareness for maintaining the health of the elderly and initiated intense research in neurodegenerative diseases. Exercise can improve not only cardiovascular...
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Chemotherapy Related Oral and Gastrointestinal Mucositis

Park Y, Kim YH

Mucositis is the one of the most common complications during chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Once developed, mucositis influences the treatment outcome by severe pain, malnutrition, risk of infection, and prolonged hospitalization....
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Physician's Role and Obligation in the Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Management

Koh Y

Patients should be treated with dignity and respect toward the end of their lives, being freed from unnecessary and painful life-sustaining therapy in hospitals. In Korea, the quality of endof-life...
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