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The Right to Health of Victims, Citizens, and Parents: A Study of Families Bereaved by the Sewol Ferry Disaster
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- Issue Date
- 2023-02
- Citation
- Korean Anthropology Review, Vol.7, pp. 1-30
- Abstract
- In recent years, discussions on the right to health have been vigorous,
but discussions on the health rights of disaster victims have been relatively
insufficient. Also, while focusing on physical and mental health, not much
discussion centered on social and spiritual health. Based on field research in
Ansan for the past six years and on oral testimony, this paper examines how the
right to health of victims of the Sewol ferry disaster was experienced and
practiced. Results are the following: First, support for victims mental health was
actively carried out through the Ansan Mental Health Trauma Center, but this
led to difficulties in solving victims physical health problems. Second, while
focusing specifically on the mental and physical health of disaster victims, the
right to social health—the right to live in a safe and healthy working and living
environment as citizens—was overlooked. Third, although the fact-finding
efforts of the victims are closely related to their spiritual health, discussions of
the victims health have been conducted in a way that separates fact-finding
efforts from health issues. Based on this analysis, the researcher suggests that in
order to secure realistic, comprehensive, and effective health rights for the
victims of the Sewol ferry disaster, the organic relationships between physical,
mental, social, and spiritual health should be considered, and policies that take
into account the field situation and the voices of victims, beyond laws and
systems, are needed.
- ISSN
- 2508-8297
- Language
- English
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