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WHO Palliative Care → Korea Hospice & Life-Sustaining Treatment Act

BProbable echo
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

A single score cannot prove an echo. This card triangulates semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.

Probable echo
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
Official Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)
Tier B Probable echo — agency/committee linkage + global-first timing + semantic signal
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.788

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.788); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…

  • Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

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Bprobable echo · 78%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageOfficial Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)

Matched concepts: palliative care 호스피스; hospice 완화의료; end of life 임종

Cross-lingual similarity 36/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: policy integration emulation

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
palliative care
호스피스
hospice
완화의료
end of life
임종
Original (Global)

The WHO Global Atlas of Palliative Care (1st ed. 2014, 2nd ed. 2020), produced jointly with the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, provides country-level data and policy guidance on integrating palliative care into health systems; it is underpinned by WHA resolution 67.19 (May 2014), which called on all member states to embed palliative care as a core component of universal health coverage, with emphasis on home- and community-based care and advance care planning.

Echo (Korea)

한국은 2016년 2월 3일 「호스피스·완화의료임종과정에 있는 환자의 연명의료결정에 관한 법률」(법률 제14013호)을 제정하여(시행 2018. 2. 4.), 입원형·가정형·자문형 호스피스 3가지 유형을 법제화하고(제25조), 사전연명의료의향서 등록·관리 체계를 도입하였으며(제12조), 보건복지부가 5개년 종합계획 수립(제7조) 및 중앙호스피스센터 운영(제23조)을 통해 WHO 완화의료 통합 지침을 국내 정책으로 구현하고 있다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags
Origin
WHO
Timeline

2014 global instrument → 2016 Korean enactment

policy integration emulation

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Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

Keywords
palliative carehospice careend-of-life careadvance directivelife-sustaining treatmentWHA67.19WHO Global Atlas완화의료호스피스연명의료결정사전연명의료의향서임종과정입원형 호스피스가정형 호스피스자문형 호스피스웰다잉법보건복지부중앙호스피스센터
Score Guide
ConfidenceEditorial judgment, now shown as a confidence tier (A–D) based on semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence. Not proof of causation.
Echo StrengthMetadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary OverlapHeuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #who-palliative-1