Understanding Well-Dying Research in a Rapidly Aging Society: A Text Network and Topic Modeling Analysis of Korean Academic Publications
Jin-Hui Ku, Kwang-Hwan Kim · 2026
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Jin-Hui Ku and Kwang-Hwan Kim map a decade of Korean research on dying well in this 2026 analysis. South Korea has aged into a super-aged society faster than almost anywhere, pushing end-of-life quality into focus. The team gathered 91 Korean studies from 2016 onward and charted their keywords and themes.
Central terms included death awareness, education, older adults, medical care, and life-sustaining treatment. The field clusters into four themes: mental readiness for death, social and policy approaches, education and care perceptions, and legal questions around life-sustaining treatment. Research is widening from private coping toward medicine, law, and community policy. The authors offer Korea as an early lesson for other fast-aging nations.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jin-Hui Ku, Kwang-Hwan Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |