의사의 ‘근육 내 자극치료(IMS)’ 시술에 따른 의료법 위반에 관한 소고 = A Brief Study on the Violation of Medical Service Act in Accordance with Doctors’ Intramuscular Stimulation Procedure

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

With the development of new medical devices & technologies according to the advancement of scientific technology, the work area of doctors and Korean medicine doctors is overlapped, which increases the inter-professional conflict. Recently, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling on the violation of the Medical Service Act in accordance with doctors’ intramuscular stimulation (IMS) procedure. In this case, if the IMS procedure would fall under Korean medical practice as acupuncture became an issue. The Supreme Court ruled that the IMS procedure could be mutually similar to acupuncture rather than being essentially different from it. However, the controversy over the nature of IMS is continued focusing on Western doctors and Korean medicine doctors. Thus, this study aimed to provide the basic data necessary for resolving the conflict in the medical world and guaranteeing the national right to health by examining and discussing the issue of the case related to doctors’ IMS procedure.