PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the suicide ideation and survival experience of Korean elders in America.
METHODS
A phenomenological research method guided data collection and analysis. A total of five elders reported having had suicide ideation participated. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews. All interviews were audio taped and transcribed verbatim. Coding was used to establish different concepts and categories.
RESULTS
The following three constituents have been identified: retrospective focus based on the suicide ideation through the immigrant life, facing reality through comparison between the life in America and in Korea, survival skills and constructing view of life.
CONCLUSION
The result of this study may contribute for health professionals working at various crisis settings to understand Korean immigrant elders with suicide ideation.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze attitude toward dignified dying of Korean students majoring in human service area.
METHODS
The Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. The 34 selected Q-statements from each of 38 subjects were classified into a shape of normal distribution using a 9 point scale. The collected data was analyzed using a QUANL PC program.
RESULTS
Four types of attitude toward dignified dying from the subjects were identified. Type I is an expression type for happy emotion, Type II is a dislike type for life prolongation, Type III is a pursuit type for relationship improvement, and Type IV is a perception type for family presence.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate that integrating multi-disciplinary curriculum development related to dignified dying and death education for students majoring in human service area are needed.