연명치료중단에 대한 사회복지사의 태도

Abstract

Purpose : This study is conducted to research the attitude of social workers toward withdrawing life sustaining treatment and compare and analyze the different types of their attitudes. Methods : Research design of this study is Q methodology approach. The study population is 23 social workers. Q sample to investigate the attitude of social workers toward withdrawing life sustaining treatment included 30 statements. After listening to the purpose and method of the study, the 23 social workers agreed to fill out a survey asking sociodemographic information and have been forced to be distributed in 9 scale Q-sample. Results : The collected data was processed through QUANL PC program, sorted into 3 types as followings. The first type was ’the pursuit of quality of life’ that the quality of life is more important than the length of life , the second ‘choosing to withdraw life sustaining treatment’ that they want to write or encourage family to write advanced directive, the third ‘withholding life sustaining treatment’ regardless of the cost, Conclusion : In conclusion, the social workers attitudes toward withdrawing life sustaining treatment were grouped as three different types, the first type was ’the pursuit of quality of life’, the second ‘choosing to withdraw life sustaining treatment’, the third ‘withholding life sustaining treatment’