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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
The Korean Society for Medical Ethics

Korean J Med Ethics 2003; 6(1):69-83

pISSN: 2005-8284, eISSN: 2234-3598

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35301/ksme.2003.6.1.69

Article

병원윤리위원회 역할의 활성화 방안 탐색 연구1)

엄영란1
An Inquiry for Activating the Role of Hospital Ethics Committee
Young Rhan UM1
1순천향대학교 의과대학 간호학과 부교수
1Department of Nursing Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine

ⓒ Copyright 2003 The Korean Society for Medical Ethics. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jun 30, 2003

ABSTRACT

Hospital ethics committee(HEC) is necessary to help clinical professionals when there is confusion or conflict in dealing with ethical aspects of a patient's care. The Korea Institute of HEC was established on May 2002. However, the HEC cannot really help clinical professionals to resolve ethical conflicts at bedside care yet. This study shows some strategies to activate role of the HEC in Korea.

Through analyzing and comparing current roles, organization, and standards of the HEC between Korea and other countries, the author suggests following:

1. Model of the HEC: Small group type composed of hospital personnels is proper in Korea, because there is lack of professionals who are expert both in biomedical ethics and clinical field.

2. Establishment of community network: Through establishing community network, a HEC can help each other and share information.

3. Use of website.

4. Development of standard for educating committee members and consulting clinical professionals.

5. Assuring financial support.

6. Enhancing interests in ethical aspects especially to top managers of hospitals.

Keywords: Organization of the Hospital ethics committee; Role of the Hospital ethics committee; Standard of the Hospital ethics committee