Identification of tetramine, a toxin in whelks, as the cause of a poisoning incident in Korea and the distribution of tetramine in fresh and boiled whelk (Neptunea intersculpta).

An investigation was conducted into the clinical symptoms and causative agent associated with a whelk poisoning incident that occurred in March 2005 in Korea. The whelk consumed in the poisoning incident was identified as Neptunea intersculpta. All of the 17 patients suffered from eyeball pain, headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, and nausea but no diarrhea.

[The experiences of transplantation coordinators' practice].

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the experiences in the transplantation coordinators' practice.

Method: Data was collected through a tape-recorded in-depth interview from nine participants who were transplantation coordinators of their hospitals. It was analyzed using the phenomenological method proposed by Colaizzi(1978).

[Women caregivers' experiences in caring at home for a family member with dementia: a feminist approach].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore women caregivers' lived experiences in caring at home for a family member with dementia and to identify conditions that oppress women in the context of family caregiving.

Method: This study was conducted within the feminist perspectives using qualitative secondary data. Ten secondary data conveying self reflective contents were selected from the 25 original data obtained in 1999 to 2000.

[The male nurses' experiences of adaptation in clinical setting].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identified the male nurses' encounter in adapting themselves in the hospital settings dominated by the female nurses in number.

Method: Data were collected through the in-depth interview of 16 male nurses and analysed through the grounded theory methodology.

Result: The behaviors of male nurses for job-adaptation can be summarized as a series of struggles to consolidate their own ground.