TY - JOUR
T1 - Legislating for filial piety : an indirect approach to promoting family support and responsibility for older people in Korea
AU - Park, Hong-Jae
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Although every culture follows its own indigenous elder care practices, Korea has retained a unique way of supporting elder parents, specifically, and older people in general. When the care of older people in Korea became significantly challenging, it was determined to launch a controversial law to promote the tradition of filial piety. The main content of the law consists of requiring the government to take action to encourage filial piety and to support those adult children who care for their parents. Although this legislation has the potential to promote the practice of filial piety, the nature of the law is largely rhetorical and symbolic rather than practical, and as a result, its workability and efficiency are limited.
AB - Although every culture follows its own indigenous elder care practices, Korea has retained a unique way of supporting elder parents, specifically, and older people in general. When the care of older people in Korea became significantly challenging, it was determined to launch a controversial law to promote the tradition of filial piety. The main content of the law consists of requiring the government to take action to encourage filial piety and to support those adult children who care for their parents. Although this legislation has the potential to promote the practice of filial piety, the nature of the law is largely rhetorical and symbolic rather than practical, and as a result, its workability and efficiency are limited.
KW - Korea (South)
KW - adult children
KW - filial piety
KW - law
KW - older people
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:39468
U2 - 10.1080/08959420.2015.1024536
DO - 10.1080/08959420.2015.1024536
M3 - Article
SN - 0895-9420
VL - 27
SP - 280
EP - 293
JO - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
IS - 3
ER -