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KMID : 1003820130170020156
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Journal Of The Korea Institute Of Oriental Medical Diagnostics
2013 Volume.17 No. 2 p.156 ~ p.168
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An investigative report on the clinical use of traditional diagnosis modalities among Korean Medicine Doctors
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Chang Jae-Soon
Cho Seung-Mo
Kim Ki-Wang
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Abstract
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Objectives: Although there have been someone who pointed out declining tendency of pure traditional diagnosis, there are no objective survey results on present state of diagnosis among Korean Medicine Doctors (KMDs). So we did a descriptive survey study to show traditional diagnostic modality usage among them.
Materials and methods: 73 samples of responded questionnaire in Busan area were collected and descriptively studied.
Results: (1) U code (in KCD-6) usage showed low level (28.7%). (2) Diagnostic apparatuses for traditional medicine are rarely used. For example, pulse diagnosis machine was reported to be used only by 9.7 % of KMDs. (3) KMDs still prefer the treatment based on pattern identification and symptomatic therapy rather than treatments based on disease identification of modern biomedicine.
Conclusion: Overall, the portion of pattern identification is still high among KMDs, some kind of diagnostic methods which support pattern identification showed lack of usage.
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KEYWORD
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pattern identification , four examinations , diagnostic instruments , Korean Medicine Doctor
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