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 systems of health service and medical care in this country, with special reference to rapid aging of the population, trends of epidemiology of lifestyle?related diseases, characteristics of life style of the people in Japan.

Textbook and Reference Books
1) R Detels, WW Holland, J McEwen, GS Omenn (ed.): Oxford Text book of Public Health, Vol.1-3, Oxford University Press, 1997.
2) Ministry of Health and Welfare: Annual Report on Health and Welfare, Japan International Cooperation of Welfare Services.
3) Ministry of Health and Welfare: Statistical Abstracts on Health and Welfare in Japan, Health and Welfare Statistics Association.

Lecture Outline

Grading
   Based on a term paper and class attendance.

L1. Life style and Health	Prof. Morimoto K.
L2. Occupation and Health	Assist. Prof. Nakayama K.
L3. Measurement of salivary stress marker	Assist. Prof. Toda M.
L4. Lifestyle and DNA Stability	Assist. Prof. Lu Y.
L5. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention	Prof. Iso H.
L6. Tuberculosis Epidemics in Japan	Assoc. Prof. Takatorige T.
L7. Tobacco and Health	Part. Lect. Nakamura M
L8. Twin Research	Prof. Hayakawa K.
L9. Geriatric Medicine	Prof. Mikami H.
L10. Lifestyle and Mortality among Japanese	Prof. Makimoto M.
L11. Medial Care System	Prof. Ohno Y.
L12. Drug Abuse	Prof. Matoba R.
L13. Health Insurance System	Assoc. Prof. Kuroki H.
L14. Legal Medicine	Assist. Prof. Isobe I.
L15. DNA analysis in Japan	Assist. Prof. Nakatome M.

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