Date of Award
12-1983
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Robert Jack Smith
Second Advisor
Dr. William Garland
Third Advisor
Dr. Robert Maher
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Medical systems, just as other social institutions, are not stable and, thus, are subject to change. This essay is an analysis of the socio-cultural transformation of Japanese medical systems in general, and of the "health care system" of the cosmopolitan medical system in particular. No medical system is able to provide problem free medical care to any given population. Thus, the current health issues and changes in health seeking/enhancing behavior in contemporary Japan is examined as the reflection of the maladaptive nature of cosmopolitan medicine to its environment.
Recommended Citation
Matsunaga, Takako, "The Socio-Cultural Transformation of Japanese Medical Systems" (1983). Masters Theses. 1628.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1628