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KMID : 0379220190390020305
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2019 Volume.39 No. 2 p.305 ~ p.323
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A Study of Perceptions among Middle-aged and Older Koreans about Dying Well: Focusing on Typology
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Lee Sun-Hee
Jung Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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In recognition of the increasing social attention paid to the notion of how to die well, this study explored what it is that middle-aged and older Koreans think of as “dying well.” Specifically, it was aimed at classifying the perceptions people middle-aged and older have regarding dying well. To this end, we used data from the National Survey on Well-Dying, which was conducted in 2018 by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, and employed Latent Class Analysis. The demographic characteristics of each of the classified subgroups were identified through technical statistics. The types identified were multilayered depending on the imminence of death, perspectives of the last stages before dying, and the meaning of death in the context of social relationships. These types differed according to gender and subjective health conditions. Based on our findings in this study, we put forward policy suggestions about awareness improvement of personal and social levels, promoting on comprehensive death preparation, providing a system to reduce the cost of medical and nursing expense at the end of one’s life, promoting of the right to self-determination regarding death, raising social attention to groups that are least prepared for dying well.
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KEYWORD
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Dying well, Death perceptions, Latent class analysis
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