The Validity of Public Response to the Proposed Nursing Act in the Republic of Korea
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v12i4.5589Keywords:
Public opinion, Health legislation, Nursing Act, ValidityAbstract
How can we protect the rights and interests of nurses? This question led the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea to propose the Nursing Act that has been praised and condemned. The bill has honorable goals: to promote the rights and interests of nurses. Opponents view the act as "a law only for nurses," criticizing the potential for the act to benefit nurses only at the expense of other healthcare professionals. This paper reviews the provisions of the Nursing Act and analyzes the arguments used by both sides in the legal context of the Constitution and the Medical Service Act. This result reveals that the pro-Nursing Act constituency leverages more valid pieces of evidence than the opposition.
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