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Health, Illness, and Medical Care in Japan: Cultural and Social Dimensions

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Edward Norbeck, Margaret Lock
2018
Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
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Table of Contents

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Health, Illness, and Medical Care in Japan: Cultural and Social Dimensions

Health, Illness, and Medical Care in Japan

pp. i-i

Other

pp. ii-ii

Health, Illness, and Medical Care  in Japan

pp. iii-iii

COPYRIGHT

pp. iv-iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

pp. ix-xii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

pp. xiii-xiv

Introduction: Health and Medical Care as Cultural and Social Phenomena

pp. 1-23

The Japanese State of Health: A Political-Economic Perspective

pp. 24-65

Health Care Providers: Technology, Policy, and Professional Dominance

pp. 66-88

Care of the Aged in Japan

pp. 89-109

Japanese Models of Psychotherapy

pp. 110-129

Protests of a Good Wife and Wise Mother: The Medicalization of Distress in Japan

pp. 130-157

Productivity, Sexuality, and Ideologies of Menopausal Problems in Japan

pp. 158-188

CONTRIBUTORS

pp. 189-190

AUTHOR INDEX

pp. 191-193

SUBJECT INDEX

pp. 194-202

Other

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