End-of-Life Care in Korea: Issues and trends

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  • Kwon So-Hi
    College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University

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The first hospice in Korea was Galbari hospice initiated by the Australian Sisters of 'Little Company of Mary' in 1965. Since then, hospice programs in Korea have been largely based on volunteer activity, and religious or social service. In 2002, the government proclaimed a new policy to foster medically based hospice inpatient service and operated a primary demonstration hospice program from 2003 to 2005 to develop a per diem payment system. The Korean government designated 44 palliative care centers with 725 beds and a budget of 2.3 billion won in 2012. However, despite all the efforts of the private and public sectors, only 9% of terminal cancer patients used hospice service and 29% of the hospice bed demands (2,500 beds required) were satisfied. This article outlines the developing history, government involvement, facts and figures of hospice services in Korea, and discusses the challenges of the future.

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  • 看護科学研究

    看護科学研究 11 (2), 54-60, 2013

    大分県立看護科学大学看護研究交流センター

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