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- Experience of Medical Personnel Dispatched to Isolated Psychiatric Institution in Korea During COVID-19: Content Analysis
- Youngjoo Kim, Jung Hee Hyun, Jacob Lee, Yoonyoung Nam, Eunshil Yim, Kyounga Lee, Baegju Na
- J Prev Med Public Health. 2025;58(4):431-439. Published online June 18, 2025
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.24.680
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This study investigates problems related to medical response, and the support system among medical personnel dispatched to the psychiatric hospital when the first cluster of infections occurred in a psychiatric hospital in Korea.
Methods
Contents analysis was conducted for the responses of the medical personnel who responded to the interview. Training about basic quarantine rules, and safety management is not provided in the early dispatch stages.
Results
No guidance is available regarding the human rights protection of medical staff. Additionally, no on-site situation-control tower is available. Participants reported that temporary quarantine measures implemented at Hospital D to restrict the movement of patients and medical staff from the external world are problematic. The most significant problem is the insufficient governmental systemic support and consideration for protecting. Both the human rights of psychiatric patients and the human rights of the medical staff who care for them.
Conclusions
Future responses to new infectious diseases should include the establishment of a continuous support system in the community by changing the collective and closed-room environments as well as isolation-centered mental healthcare systems to protect the human rights of patients with mental disorders. Additionally, response drills for people with mental illness in closed environments should be practiced in response to emerging infectious diseases at ordinary times. Finally, training and emergency measures for medical staff dispatched to these facilities and a manual for the protection of the human rights of medical staff should be prepared. -
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이 논문은 COVID-19 초기 확산 시기, 한국 청도군의 한 정신병원에서 집단감염이 발생했을 때 파견된 의료진의 경험을 질적 내용 분석을 통해 조사한 연구입니다. 연구 결과, 정부의 준비 부족, 현장 통제 시스템 부재, 감염병 대응 훈련 미비, 인권 보호 기준 부재 등 여러 문제점이 드러났으며, 향후 정신질환자 대상 감염병 대응을 위해 지역사회 기반의 지속 가능한 지원체계와 의료진 인권 보호 매뉴얼 마련이 필요하다고 제안합니다.Key Message
This study qualitatively analyzed the experiences of medical personnel dispatched to a psychiatric hospital in Cheongdo-gun, Korea, during a COVID-19 outbreak. It revealed critical issues such as lack of governmental preparedness, absence of on-site control systems, inadequate training, and insufficient protection of human rights for both patients and staff. The findings highlight the need for a sustainable, community-based mental healthcare system and the development of emergency manuals and human rights protection protocols for medical personnel in future infectious disease responses.
English Abstract
- 'Informed Consent' in Public Health Activities: Based on the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, UNESCO.
- Kwang Ho Meng
- J Prev Med Public Health. 2008;41(5):339-344.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2008.41.5.339
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The objective of this paper is to discuss the importance of obtaining informed consent for conducting epidemiological studies and public health activities, based on the Report of the UNESCO's Working Group on Informed Consent. METHODS: The Report of the UNESCO's Working Group on Informed Consent was reviewed and discussed in connection with the ethical considerations of public health activities and epidemiological research. RESULTS: It was at the Nuremberg Trial for the German war criminals of the Second World War that the principle of 'consent' was first stated as a consequence of the medical abuses carried out during the War. As a result of the Trial, the Nuremberg Code came out in 1947. Since then, various international declarations or ethical principles on 'informed consent' have been developed and published. These ethical principles on 'informed consent' have mostly to do with the clinical research that involves human subjects, and not with epidemiological studies and public health activities. However, UNESCO recently issued a comprehensive Report on Informed Consent based on the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights adopted in 2005, and this included detailed guidelines on informed consent in epidemiological studies and public health activities. CONCLUSIONS: Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights emphasizes the principle of autonomy to protect the human rights of the human subjects involved in any public health activities and epidemiological research. As a practical guideline, obtaining informed consent is strongly recommended. -
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