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KMID : 0869920020080010108
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2002 Volume.8 No. 1 p.108 ~ p.117
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A Study on Health Concepts of Korean
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Shim Hyung-Wha
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Abstract
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This paper as the basic study aiming the establishment of nursing theory according to Korean culture, is made to reveal the types of recognition about concepts of health immanent in Korean who have the health view, completely mixed with traditional oriental medicine and Confucianism and Buddhism and Shamanism and european scientific medicine, etc. This paper is using the Q-method, which is greatly effective in measuring the individual subjectivity, to collect rightly the concepts of health of objects. This analysis shows us the 4 types of recognition about concepts of health immanent in Korean as follows. Type ¥°: modern self-searching type(úÞÓÛîÜ í»Ðù õÚÏ´úþ), Type ¥±: nature-sharing type(í»æÔ Íìêóúþ), Type ¥²: meaning-intentional altruism(ëòÚ« ò¦ú¾îÜ öâíº ñéãýúþ), Type ¥³: oriental adaptational type(ÔÔåÇîÜ â÷ëëúþ). The men belonging to type ¥° have positive and self-searching view of health. They are not only interpreting the concept of health scientifically, but also positively accepting the oriental concept of health. The men belonging to type ¥± have strong tendency of down-to-earth. They not only have the naturalistic view of health as Taoist, but also carry the weight in the family and neighbour and regard co-sharing as excellent virtue. The men belonging to type ¥² are positive altruists, pursuing the meaning of life and at the same time setting the importance to the good value system. Naturally they care more the family and neighbour than themselves. The men belonging to type ¥³ have oriental view of the world characterized by nature-adaptation. They positively agree to the Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Oriental concept of health. In conclusion, in all types we can see that Korean understand the harmony of man and nature as fundamental principle of heath and carry the more importance to the mind(ãý) than body(ãó) and at the same time esteem more the family-centric, oriental and organic community than individual. All above facts is immersed in the concepts of health of Korean as a common denominator.
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KEYWORD
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Health concept, Korean
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