Writing
I write about pharmacy practice, medicines policy, health systems, and sustainable healthcare, drawing on field visits, interviews, and cross-country observations.
Most articles were originally published in Korean for Korean Pharmaceutical Association News. Selected pieces are presented here in English-adapted form for an international readership.
When Pharmacists Can Prescribe: Inside Ireland’s Common Conditions Service
Ireland · Pharmacy Services & Health Systems · 2026
A field-based look at Ireland’s expanding role for community pharmacists, examining how screening, clinical protocols, prescribing, referral pathways, and patient access work in everyday pharmacy practice.
Pharmacists at the Front Line of Sustainable Healthcare
Europe · Sustainable Medicines, AMR & Policy · 2026
An interview with Health Care Without Harm Europe on pharmaceutical pollution, antimicrobial resistance, medicines stewardship, and the role of pharmacists in advancing greener healthcare and policy change.
Free Medicines in Bhutan: Access, Safety and Rational Use
Bhutan · Medicines Access & Primary Healthcare · 2018
Field reporting on Bhutan’s health system, examining free access to medicines, essential medicines management, medication safety, antimicrobial resistance awareness, and primary healthcare delivery.
Bringing Net Zero Healthcare into Clinical Practice
Europe · Sustainable Healthcare · 2026
Reporting from CleanMed Europe 2026 on how healthcare systems are extending climate action beyond energy and waste to procurement, clinical care, prescribing, medicines use, and disposal.
Antibiotic Access in Indonesia: Between Regulation and Practice
Indonesia · Medicines Regulation & Rational Use · 2025
Field reporting from community pharmacies in North Sumatra, examining antibiotic access, prescribing requirements, pharmacy practice, and the gap that can emerge between formal regulation and everyday implementation.
Rethinking Dementia Care: Designing Around the Person, Not the Disease
Netherlands · Person-Centred Care & Health Service Innovation · 2020
Exploring Dutch approaches to dementia care that redesign living environments and services around familiarity, autonomy, dignity, and everyday life rather than institutional routines alone.
