韓國 死生學의 現況과 課題 - ‘호모후마니타스사생학’ 구축을 위한 제언을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The thanatology is new study. Thanatology is fusion study of litterae humaniores and the Medical department studies. Thanatology is called death and life studies in Japan. It may be said that ‘Homo humanitas for Death and Life Studies’ is ‘Well-be-dying’. The research field of this seems as follows. The first is a research field of the outlook on death and life. This is a comparison historic point of view study of a theory based on results of research of the humanities sociology. The second is a field of the studies of the life and death studies in the medical scenes. This is the relaxation treatment of the medical scene and psychological consultation, outlook on life and death education to the medical worker. The object of the study is life and death outlook of the koreans, a propaedeutic of the death and propaedeutic of the family, relaxation treatment for the terminal cancer patient and hospice, life ethics, suicide prevention education and all study about the death. psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, history, culturology, social welfare studies, pedagogics, the approach from medical biology are necessary for a study method.