1.Escape from omnishambles in statistics: back to the basics.
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2015;68(5):431-433
No abstract available.
United Nations*
2.The History and Meaning of World Diabetes Day.
Journal of Korean Diabetes 2012;13(3):111-114
In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) joined hands with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) to establish World Diabetes Day. The purpose of this day is to increase awareness of diabetes worldwide. In December 2006, the United Nations (UN) adopted resolution 61/225, establishing World Diabetes Day as an internationally observed event, and all the countries of the world have increased their efforts in the prevention, management, treatment and sustaining healthcare system. The blue circle was developed originally for the campaign associated with the UN Resolution on diabetes. The circle symbolizes life, health and unity. The blue border of the circle represents the color of the sky and the flag of the United Nations. World Diabetes Day is on the 14th of November in memory of the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting, and has been held every year since 2007.
Delivery of Health Care
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Hand
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Memory
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United Nations
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World Health Organization
3.External fixation of spine fractures by uning "Fixature interne" in unfavorable conditions.
In Jung CHAE ; Kwang Suk LEE ; Suk Ha LEE ; Han Chang BAEK
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1992;27(7):1800-1809
No abstract available.
Spine*
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United Nations*
4.Medical education for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2017;60(8):654-661
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development’ has 17 “Global Goals” with 169 targets. This is the resolution by member countries as an intergovernmental agreement that acts as the Post 2015 Development Agenda (successor to the Millennium Development Goals). In conjunction with the United Nations SDG, World Health Organization published “The global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030”. It is primarily aimed at planners and policy-makers of WHO Member States and, its contents are of value to all relevant stake holders including medical education providers in the health workforce area. This article tried to explore the future direction of medical education to achieve the SDG in relation to Korean context.
Conservation of Natural Resources*
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Education, Medical*
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Health Manpower
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Humans
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Public Sector
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Social Control, Formal
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Social Skills
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United Nations
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World Health Organization
5.Towards the Sustainable Development Goals: implications for health systems in the Western Pacific.
Vivian LIN ; Britta BAER ; Kate SILBURN
Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2017;60(8):632-639
Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build on the lessons learned from the Millennium Development Goals that had guided development efforts for the preceding 15 years. The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region made remarkable progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, but also experienced some challenges and shortcomings. This paper argues that the SDGs incorporate these complexities and aim to capture the many ways in which equitable and robust development is shaped by factors which are linked to each other. The SDGs place greater emphasis on a broader range of determinants of health, including poverty reduction, education, and reducing inequality, thereby reflecting that health influences and is influenced by progress on all goals and targets. Drawing on recent World Health Organization frameworks, the paper suggests options for advancing the SDGs in the Western Pacific. It argues that universal health coverage is core to achieving the SDGs and enacting the principle of leaving no-one behind, and outlines new ways of working within and outside of the health sector as well as appropriate capabilities of the health sector to drive the agenda. The SDGs place renewed demands on Member States and their partners. The strengths of the SDG framework lie in the emphasis on collaboration and joint action to solve shared problems, on collective accountability and the public interest, on tackling the determinants of health, and notably on the primacy of reaching those left furthest behind.
Conservation of Natural Resources*
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Cooperative Behavior
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Education
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Health Equity
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Joints
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Poverty
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Social Responsibility
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Socioeconomic Factors
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United Nations
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World Health Organization
6.Making allergic and hypersensitivity conditions visible in the International Classification of Diseases-11
Luciana Kase TANNO ; Moises A CALDERON ; Pascal DEMOLY
Asia Pacific Allergy 2015;5(4):193-196
Understanding that the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 revision would be an opportunity to standardize the code definitions for all allergic and hypersensitivity conditions, an international collaboration of Allergy Academies, including first the World Allergy Organization, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, has been coordinating tremendous efforts since 2013 to provide a better classification of these disorders in the new ICD-11. During this process, a strategic action plan has been constructed to keep bilateral dialog with representatives of the ICD revision by providing them scientific and technical evidences for the need of changes in the ICD framework. As a major achievement of this process, was the construction of the "allergic and hypersensitivity conditions" parented subchapter guided by the World Health Organization ICD representatives and further supported by three more regional allergy societies: the Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, and the Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. Believing that the outcomes of all past and future actions will impact positively to the Allergy specialty, we expect for the full approval by the United Nations in 2017.
Academies and Institutes
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Allergy and Immunology
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Asia
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Asthma
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Classification
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Cooperative Behavior
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Humans
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Hypersensitivity
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International Classification of Diseases
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Parents
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United Nations
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World Health Organization
7.Admission Status Conversion from Voluntary into Involuntary, Is It Illegal.
Je Sik YOON ; Yeon Ho JOO ; Joon Ho AHN ; Chang Yoon KIM
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2016;55(4):357-364
OBJECTIVES: The current Korean Mental Health Act (KMHA) indicates that a patient, who voluntarily gave their permission for admission into a mental health facility, has the right to be discharged upon personal request. However, there is no clause in the KMHA that allows a change in a patient's voluntary status under special circumstances. The purpose of this study was to investigate problems that may arise from the lack of such a clause ; problems that can result in misinterpretation and lead to the prohibition of voluntary admission status conversion. METHODS: Previous cases presented to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea were investigated in order to determine the current state in Korean psychiatric practice regarding the conversion from voluntary to involuntary admission status. In addition, examples of similar mental health legislation in use by the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), and several advanced countries pertaining to such conversions were investigated. These examples were used as models for making recommendations for possible changes to the KMHA. RESULTS: From 2010 to 2014, more than 220 petitions were filed with the National Human Right Commission of Korea. The petitions involved voluntarily institutionalized patients who had their requests for discharge rejected. Based on mental health regulations of the UN, WHO, and such countries as the United States, England, Canada, Australia, and Japan, the KMHA should include a provision that, upon receiving a discharge request, allows for discharge refusal if the voluntarily admitted patient is considered not mentally fit. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the absence of a regulation allowing admission status conversion in the current KMHA is inappropriate. Rectification of this absence is urgently needed.
Australia
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Canada
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England
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Human Rights
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Humans
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Japan
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Korea
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Mental Health
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Patient Admission
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Social Control, Formal
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United Nations
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United States
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World Health Organization
8.Escape of Mechanical Valve: A case report.
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007;40(1):63-65
Incidence of valve leaflet escape after mechanical valve replacement is very low. We report a case of leaflet fracture and escape in an Edwards TEKNA bileaflet valve.
Heart Valve Prosthesis
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Incidence
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United Nations*
9.Study of Photogrammetric Comparison Method of Patterned Injuries Using 3D CAD Program.
Joong LEE ; Eung Dae LEE ; Hyun Oh TARK ; Han Soo HAN ; Dong Wook KIM ; Young Shik CHOI ; Won Tae LEE ; Sung Woo PARK
Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 2004;28(2):32-37
It is possible to compare three-dimensional image of patterned injury in virtual space with object using 3D/CAD supported photogrammetry(FPHG). this method make it possible to examine patterned injuries of skin, soft tissue and bone for matching instruments in shape, size and angle without altering. Generally, 3D measuring of objects require 3D digitizer or series of photographs taking by metric camera. We developed program which calibrate pictures taken by non-calibrated commercial camera and un distorted image. This image and objet model n can be examined with respect to matching shapes using 3D/CAD system.
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
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Photogrammetry
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Skin
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United Nations
10.Ultrasound Evaluation of Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow Caused by a Mass Lesion.
Korean Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2016;18(1):7-10
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) may seem easy to diagnose when the characteristic clinical manifestations are present, and electrodiagnostic studies have high sensitivity, although they are non-localizing in some cases and unable to reveal structural lesions. Ultrasonography is noninvasive and able to find the exact location of the lesion and visualize perineural structures. We present two cases of UNE in which we found hypoechoic mass lesions near medial epicondyle with ultrasonography and discuss its usefulness in diagnosis of UNE.
Diagnosis
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Elbow*
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Ulnar Neuropathies*
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Ultrasonography*
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United Nations