Author: Sonoda, Kyoichi
Title: Health and Illness in Changing Japanese Society
Description: Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, (1988). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, x,170 pp, Some rubbing and binding soil.. Textual graphs & tables. A bump & a 1cm tear to bottom spine edge, VG. ¶ Contents: Urbanization & Health: Problems & Solutions; Change in the Family & Community: The Quest for New Solidarity; Health Trends & Problems of Medical Care; Healt Care for the Elderly in Japan: A Comparison with Developments in the United States; Community Health & Medicine; Traditional Medicine & Methods of Treatment; SMON & Other Socially Induced Diseases in Japan; Three Medical Sociological Studies: Women Smokers, Health Checkups & Reliance on Medications; The Role of CATV & Other Communications Media in Health Education; Review & Future Prospects of Health & Medical Sociology in Japan.

Keywords: Japanese Medical Sociology, Japan, Health Care, Public Policy, East Asia, , , ,