Quality of Life and Law Journal

Outcomes evaluation of palliative care for end-stage cancer patients at Quality of Life Care Unit, a Specialty Cancer Hospital

Donlaya Supeedean, Kanitha Hanprasitkam, Rachanee Namjuntra — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0700

This retrospective descriptive study aimed to evaluate palliative care outcomes for
end-stage cancer patients. Fifty-six medical records of end-stage cancer patients admitted at the Quality of Life Care Unit, a Specialty Cancer Hospital, from January to June 2022 were assessed. The FACT-G and ESAS were used to evaluate patients’ quality of life and symptom burden, respectively. Data were followed at 5 times points; the admission date (T1), the discharge date (T2), 1 week (T3), 1 month (T4), and 3 months after discharge (T5). Data analysis involved descriptive statistics, repeated measures ANOVA, Friedman test, and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test.

The results revealed that end-stage cancer patients’ quality of life at T2, T3, T4, and T5 were higher than at T1, with statistically significant (p<.05). Moreover, symptoms of burden including; pain, tiredness, anxiety, drowsiness, lack of appetite, and worst well-being at T2, T3, T4, and T5 were lower than at T1, with statistical significance (p < .05). However, nausea, depression, and dyspnea did not show significant differences (p>.05) at any time point of assessment.

The results from this study suggest that a Quality of Life Care Unit for end-stage cancer patients promotes patients’ quality of life and decreases symptoms burden, especially pain and anxiety. Therefore, the Quality of Life Care Unit should develop a quality of care to manage symptoms burden for patients to maintain their quality of life at the hospital and at home.

Selection Process of the Constitutional Court Judges: A Comparative

Panuwat Nontula, Krisda Saengcharoensap — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0700

This research aims to select the process of the Constitutional Court Judges and compare legal measures regarding the selection process of the Constitutional Court judges of Thailand and abroad. By researching documents, collecting data from laws, books, journals, theses, research, judgments, and constitutional judgments, such as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2017., and analyzing data by document analysis.

The research findings suggest that the process of selecting Constitutional Court judges is of great importance in Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea. Most of them hire individuals with expertise and proficiency in the field of law. During the selection process, the Constitutional Court chooses its judges from a pool of candidates elected by the public. Unlike Thailand, the Constitutional Court does not consider the substance of the dispute when assigning these responsibilities. Furthermore, the Senate, not elected by the public, holds the primary power to establish the judiciary of the Constitutional Court.

Research findings suggest that Thailand should revise the eligibility criteria for those serving in the Constitutional Court. As to the recent opinion of the Constitutional Court, there exists a correlation across several occupations to ensure equitable and impartial decision-making. The process for selecting Constitutional Court judges should be revised by incorporating legal measures from other countries. This would ensure that the selection process includes individuals who support the appointment of judges to the Thai Constitutional Court, who truly represent the interests of the people.

Guidelines for developing a positive management strategy for sustainability of Marndaniramon Credit Union Cooperative Limited, Chanthaburi Province

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0700

The objectives of this research were 1) To study the current situation of the cooperative and 2) To propose guidelines for developing a positive management strategy for the sustainability of Marndaniramol Credit Union Cooperative, Limited, Chanthaburi Province. Using action research methods The group of key informants and a research team operating within the area by means of purposive selection consisted of 30 people: 14 cooperative committee members, 1 manager 2 officials, and 13 members.

The results of the research found that There were 3 main factors affecting credit unions: 1) The number of members has decreased because the proportion of members aged 50 years and over is 65 percent and there is a death rate. 2) Debt repayment of borrower members is in a state of delinquency below the criteria and 3) Member services are delayed. Guidelines for developing a positive management strategy for sustainability of credit union cooperatives found that 1) Positive management strategy for sustainability based on the concept of balanced management has 4 perspectives: Learning and development, Internal process, Budget and resource, and Member 2) Results of inspection and confirmation By experts in the fields of utility, accuracy, feasibility, and suitability were at a high level and 3) Two high-priority projects to trial, including a financial health care clinic for members who have defaulted on their debt payments and the project to send happiness and encouragement to elderly and sick members, it was found that the evaluation results were at a very high level for both projects.

Suggestions: Guidelines for developing positive management strategies for the sustainability of credit unions. Cooperative can be applied to various organizational groups aiming for excellence in organizational management development.

The Analysis of Article 112 of The Thai Criminal Code Through Legal Philosophy

Mongkol Thianprathuangchai, Anisa Manaton — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0700

The academic article “Analysis of Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code through Legal Philosophy (2)” has two objectives: 1) To study the substance of the law and the enforcement of Article 112 to determine the true essence of the law according to which legal philosophy concept. 2) To study There are different opinions on amending Article 112 as to what kind of legal logic or philosophy should be used. First, it was found that the substance of the law (criminal offenses and penalties) and the enforcement of Article 112 were mostly inconsistent with the essence of the law in the concept of sociological jurisprudence, Legal Realism, and the concept of the rule of law in the Western Legal Philosophy. that is objectively free from bias and can be corrected without relying on any bias. Second, it was found that different opinions regarding the amendment of the provisions of Article 112 were held or dominated. (in the good or the bad) with a framework of messages, Ideas, knowledge, beliefs, and truths in various forms such as religious, educational, social, economic, political, and administrative forms. Therefore, causing different opinions. Importantly, do not emphasize philosophical logic to the point that bias can easily penetrate and affect justice and freedom (rights, duties, and responsibilities) in democracies and governance systems. The solution should be to use wisdom. Reason and good intentions or the truth and truth to achieve a balance in the interests of all parties in society that changes with the times. With the approach of philosophy and legal philosophy, it is believed that it will create respect for different opinions. and live together for Justice.

Postmodern Education Philosophy Concepts for the Development of Education in a Post-modern Society

Ratchadaporn Ketanon — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0700

Education is one of the tools for human development, we use philosophy to lay the foundation or a guideline for education management which must be appropriate to the social context. Nowadays, our Thai society has entered a postmodern era. Therefore, the postmodern paradigm or idea would be different from before. From the idea of belief, there is only one truth, that causes people to cling to, which is not conducive to the development of society, especially the multicultural Thai society and people that are filled with diversity which can lead to conflicts of thought that lead to unrest in society. The postmodern paradigm should therefore change. Human beings should look at the world with understanding and accept diversity, reduce identity, reduce clinging, and educational philosophy that will help encourage humans to reduce self-confidence and alleviate conflicts that could lead to unrest. It is an educational philosophy that encourages belief in change. There is not only one knowledge of truth and the search for truthful knowledge occurs by using the senses in actual practice. Education in this era should focus on the matter of practice. Encourage learners to have the opportunity to learn by themselves. The appropriate educational philosophy in the postmodern era is Pragmatism, which is an educational philosophy that focuses on learners seeking knowledge by themselves through practice, experimentation, tangible, and self-proving. The knowledge gained is called experience. This kind of knowledge will be with you and is the knowledge that leads to accepting change and loosening your self-confidence.