Health Service and Medical Care in Japan

Instructor : Tomotaka Sobue (Graduate School of Medicine)

Contact Instructor : Yuri Kitamura (Graduate School of Medicine)

Course 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 rapid aging of the population and trends for epidemiology of lifestyle related disease and characteristics of lifestyles in Japan.

Course Content
   L1. Lifestyle and Health (Prof. Iso H.)
   L2. Stress and Disease (Assoc. Prof. Ohira T.)
   L3. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (Assist. Prof. Imano H.)
   L4. Reproductive health Rights (Assist. Prof. Noda A.)
   L5. Medicine and Drugs (Prof. Igarashi K.)
   L6. Forensic Toxicology (Assist. Prof. Hayashi T.)
   L7. Alcohol and Health (Prof. Matsumoto H.)
   L8. Death Investigation System (Assoc.Prof. Iino M.)
   L9. Twin Research (Prof. Hayakawa K.)
   L10. Medical Care System (Prof. Ohno Y.)
   L11. Geriatric Medicine (Prof. Nagai T.)
   L12. Medical Ethics (Prof. Kato K.)
   L13. Cancer Control Program (Prof. Sobue T.)
   L14. Neruscience and Mental Health (Assoc. Prof. Kitamura Y.)
   L15. Lifestyle and DNA Stability (Assist. Prof. Lu Y.)

Textbooks
   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.

Grading Policy
   Based on a term paper and class attendance.