Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
The Korean Society for Medical Ethics
Article

Challenges for Medical Ethics Pedagogy in Korea

John Michael McGuire1
1Division of Anglo-American Language and Culture, Hanyang University

ⓒ 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: Dec 30, 2003

ABSTRACT

As an academic discipline, medical ethics is a relatively recent phenomenon, not only in Asia, but also in the West. In North America, serious scholarly interest in medical ethics really only began in the 1960s, when various social movements inspired academics, especially those in the humanities, to distance themselves from the Ivory Tower and attempt to become more socially relevant. It was in this context that the field of medical ethics and the larger field of applied ethics began to flourish.

Keywords: pedagogy; Korean student; medical ethics education