Personal profile
In Korean
최은경 교수(의과대학 의학과)
Education
(2004) B.A, Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
(2008) M.A., Medicine(History of Medicine), Seoul National University
(2011) Ph.D., Medicine(Medical Humanities), Seoul National University
(2008) M.A., Medicine(History of Medicine), Seoul National University
(2011) Ph.D., Medicine(Medical Humanities), Seoul National University
Professional Experience
(2020 – Present) Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine
(2018 – 2019) Senior Researcher, Korea National Institute for Bioethics Policy
(2012 – 2017) Research Professor, Institute of Medical History and Culture, Seoul National University Hospital
(2008 – 2011) Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University College of Medicine
(2015 – Present) Board member, Korean Society for the History of Medicine, (2021-Present) Editor-in-chief, Korean Journal of Medical History,
(2016 – Current) Board member, Korean Bioethics Associations,
(2020 – Current) Board member, The Korean Society for Medical Ethics,
(2023 – Current) Board member, Korean Academy on Communication in Healthcare
(2018 – 2019) Senior Researcher, Korea National Institute for Bioethics Policy
(2012 – 2017) Research Professor, Institute of Medical History and Culture, Seoul National University Hospital
(2008 – 2011) Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University College of Medicine
(2015 – Present) Board member, Korean Society for the History of Medicine, (2021-Present) Editor-in-chief, Korean Journal of Medical History,
(2016 – Current) Board member, Korean Bioethics Associations,
(2020 – Current) Board member, The Korean Society for Medical Ethics,
(2023 – Current) Board member, Korean Academy on Communication in Healthcare
Research Interests
history of disease, history of medicine, bioethics and public health ethics, medical humanities education, professionalism
Major Research Achievements
Choi EK, Kang J, Park HY, Kim YJ, Hong J, Yoo SH, Kim MS, Keam B, Park HY. Moral Distress Regarding End-of-Life Care Among Healthcare Personnel in Korean University Hospitals: Features and Differences Between Physicians and Nurses. J Korean Med Sci. 2023 Jun 5;38(22):e169. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e169. PMID: 37272558; PMCID: PMC10244021.
Choi Eun Kyung. The Introduction of Genetic Prenatal Diagnostic Technology in South Korea from the 1970s to the 1990s: From Sex Determination to Fear of Anomalies. Sahoewa Yeogsa 135. 2022. 81-109[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. The Social and Cultural Aspect of Epidemic in Korea and the Implication of Care Ethics. Critical Review of History 137. 2022. 116-138[in Korean]
Moon Jae Young, Park Hye Yoon, Choi Eun Kyung. Social Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals during the COVID- 19 Pandemic: Avoiding Privacy Infringements and the Stigmatization of Patients. Korean journal of medical ethics 24(2). 2021. 159-170[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung, Shin Sung Joon, Yoo Sang ho. COVID-19 and Research Ethics. Korean journal of medical ethics 24(1). 2021. 1-16[in Korean]
Kang J, Choi EK, Seo M, Ahn GS, Park HY, et al. Care for critically and terminally ill patients and moral distress of physicians and nurses in tertiary hospitals in South Korea: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 16(12). 2021. e0260343. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260343
Choi Eun Kyung. Russian Revolution and maternity protection in Korea during the colonial period. Feminism and Korean Literature 42. 2017. 103-129[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung , Hong Jinui , Kim Min Sun , Keam Bhumsuk , Kim Miso , Heo Dae Seog, Park Hye Yoon. The Decision-Making Process Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment in Four Countries: Taiwan, Japan, the US, and the UK. Korean journal of medical ethics 20(2). 2017. 131-151[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung, Lee Jong-Koo. Changes of Global Infectious Disease Governance in 2000s: Rise of Global Health Security and Transformation of Infectious Disease Control System in South Korea. Korean J Med Hist 25(3), 2016.9, 489-518[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Ethical Responses to Public Health Emergencies: The 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea. Korean journal of medical ethics 19(3). 2016.9, 358-374[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Jejungwon from the Missionary Letters: From the Transfer of the Superintendence to the Return (1891-1905). The Journal of Korean Social History Association 111. 2016.9, 51-81[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. The Activity of Women Physicians in Colonial Chosun : focusing on the four graduates from Tokyo Women Medical College. Cogito=The Journal of PNU Humanities Institutes 80. 2016.8, 287-316[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Mobilization of Medical Professionals and Establishment of Physical Standards for Conscription in 1950s-1960s South Korea. The Journal of Humanities 36(4). 2015.11, 231-258[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung, Lee Younga. The Body Image and Medical Knowledge of the Korean Public in the 1930s through the Medical Advice Column “Jisang byeongwon(Hospital on Paper)”. Journal of the Korean History of Science Society 37(1), 2015.4, 235-264[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Anti-Tuberculosis Policy of the Government General of Korea during Japanese-Colonial Period (1910-1945) : From Simple Restriction to Active Enlightenment. Korean J Med Hist 22(3), 2013.12, 489-518[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Challenges on Institutional Review System and Responses from Developed Countries. Journal of the Korean Bioethics Association 13(1), 2012.7, 25-39[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Introduction of Western Medicine and Change of Term of ‘Tuberculosis’ in Korea. Korean J Med Hist 21(2), 2012.8, 227-250[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. The Introduction of Genetic Prenatal Diagnostic Technology in South Korea from the 1970s to the 1990s: From Sex Determination to Fear of Anomalies. Sahoewa Yeogsa 135. 2022. 81-109[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. The Social and Cultural Aspect of Epidemic in Korea and the Implication of Care Ethics. Critical Review of History 137. 2022. 116-138[in Korean]
Moon Jae Young, Park Hye Yoon, Choi Eun Kyung. Social Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals during the COVID- 19 Pandemic: Avoiding Privacy Infringements and the Stigmatization of Patients. Korean journal of medical ethics 24(2). 2021. 159-170[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung, Shin Sung Joon, Yoo Sang ho. COVID-19 and Research Ethics. Korean journal of medical ethics 24(1). 2021. 1-16[in Korean]
Kang J, Choi EK, Seo M, Ahn GS, Park HY, et al. Care for critically and terminally ill patients and moral distress of physicians and nurses in tertiary hospitals in South Korea: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 16(12). 2021. e0260343. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260343
Choi Eun Kyung. Russian Revolution and maternity protection in Korea during the colonial period. Feminism and Korean Literature 42. 2017. 103-129[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung , Hong Jinui , Kim Min Sun , Keam Bhumsuk , Kim Miso , Heo Dae Seog, Park Hye Yoon. The Decision-Making Process Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment in Four Countries: Taiwan, Japan, the US, and the UK. Korean journal of medical ethics 20(2). 2017. 131-151[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung, Lee Jong-Koo. Changes of Global Infectious Disease Governance in 2000s: Rise of Global Health Security and Transformation of Infectious Disease Control System in South Korea. Korean J Med Hist 25(3), 2016.9, 489-518[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Ethical Responses to Public Health Emergencies: The 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea. Korean journal of medical ethics 19(3). 2016.9, 358-374[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Jejungwon from the Missionary Letters: From the Transfer of the Superintendence to the Return (1891-1905). The Journal of Korean Social History Association 111. 2016.9, 51-81[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. The Activity of Women Physicians in Colonial Chosun : focusing on the four graduates from Tokyo Women Medical College. Cogito=The Journal of PNU Humanities Institutes 80. 2016.8, 287-316[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Mobilization of Medical Professionals and Establishment of Physical Standards for Conscription in 1950s-1960s South Korea. The Journal of Humanities 36(4). 2015.11, 231-258[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung, Lee Younga. The Body Image and Medical Knowledge of the Korean Public in the 1930s through the Medical Advice Column “Jisang byeongwon(Hospital on Paper)”. Journal of the Korean History of Science Society 37(1), 2015.4, 235-264[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Anti-Tuberculosis Policy of the Government General of Korea during Japanese-Colonial Period (1910-1945) : From Simple Restriction to Active Enlightenment. Korean J Med Hist 22(3), 2013.12, 489-518[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Challenges on Institutional Review System and Responses from Developed Countries. Journal of the Korean Bioethics Association 13(1), 2012.7, 25-39[in Korean]
Choi Eun Kyung. Introduction of Western Medicine and Change of Term of ‘Tuberculosis’ in Korea. Korean J Med Hist 21(2), 2012.8, 227-250[in Korean]
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Comparison of the characteristics of healthy volunteers participating in Phase 1 clinical trials in Korea and Japan
Seo, J. H., Kim, O. J., Choi, E. K., Kumagai, Y., Maeda, M., Park, J. E. & Song, I., Sep 2025, In: Translational and Clinical Pharmacology. 33, 3, p. 183-196 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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임상진료지침의 윤리성 프레임워크와 이에 기반한 국내 임상진료지침 평가
Choi, E. K., Kim, Y. & Yoo, S. H., Nov 2025, In: Journal of the Korean Medical Association. 68, 11, p. 760-766 7 p.Translated title of the contribution :Ethical framework for clinical practice guidelines and its application to Korean guidelines Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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For the Universal Right to Access Quality End-of-Life Care in Korea: Broadening Our Perspective After the 2018 Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Act
Park, H. Y., Kim, M. S., Yoo, S. H., Lee, J., Song, I. G., Jeon, S. Y. & Choi, E. K., 2024, In: Journal of Korean Medical Science. 39, 12, e123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Medical students’ professionalism attributes, knowledge, practices, and attitudes toward COVID-19 and attitudes toward care provision during pandemic amidst the COVID-19 outbreak according to their demographics and mental health
Choi, E. K. & Yeo, S., 2024, In: Korean Journal of Medical Education. 36, 2, p. 157-174 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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장애인 대상 환자중심적 의료서비스 프로그램: 주제범위 문헌 고찰
Eun Kyung, C., 2024, In: 대한의료커뮤니케이션학회.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review