OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

04s-01
INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SERVICE AND MEDICAL CARE IN JAPAN

Ryoji MATOBA, et al. (Graduate School of Medicine)

Objective
Japan has achieved tremendous improvements in life expectancy during the last 50 years and leads the international life expectancy tables. This course will provide an overview of the systems of health service and medical care in this country, with special reference to the rapid aging of the population, trends of epidemiology of major diseases, and characteristics of life style of people in Japan.

Textbook and Reference Books
R Detels, WW Holland, J McEwen, GS Omenn (ed.): Oxford Textbook of Public Health, Vol. 1-3, Oxford University Press, 1997.
WJ Stephen: An Analysis of Primary Medical Care - An International Study, Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Ministry of Health and Welfare: Annual Report on Health and Welfare 1990 - 1991, Japan International Cooperation of Welfare Services, 1992.
Ministry of Health and Welfare: Health and Welfare Statistics in Japan, Health and Welfare Statistics Association, 1992.

Lecture Outline
1. Lifestyle and Health. Prof. Dr. MORIMOTO K.
2. Medical ethics for the people in Japan. Assoc. Prof. Dr. MURAOKA K.
3. Mental health for the people in Japan. Res. Asst. Dr. EZOE S.
4. Occupational stress. Res. Asst. Dr. NAKAYAMA K.
5. History of public health in Japan. Prof. Dr. TATARA K.
6. System of health and welfare services in Japan. Lecturer Dr. FUKUDA H.
7. Community care in Japan. Lecturer Dr. TAKATORIGE T.
8. Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in Japan. Assoc. Prof. Dr. NAKANISHI N.
9. Drug abuse in Japan. Prof. Dr. MATOBA R.
10. Insurance system and compensation medicine in Japan. Lecterer. Dr. KUROKI H.
11. Various poisoning cases in Japan. Res. Assist. Ph.D. TERADA M.
12. DNA analysis in Japan. Res. Assist. Dr. NAKATOME M.
13. System of community nursing care in Japan. Prof. Dr. HAYAKAWA K.
14. Helicobacter pylori infection and upper G.I. Disease. Prof. Dr. KAWANO S.
15. Impact of changes in lifestyle on the mortality among Japanese. Prof. Dr. MAKIMOTO M.