TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical Workarounds
T2 - Doctor Shortages and Doctor Substitutes in Postwar Japan
AU - Harari, Reut
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Who is allowed to practice medicine? This question recurred in different forms throughout Japan’s modern era, reflecting fundamental changes in how people provided and received medical care. This article explores one key issue that underlined this question: a persistent doctor shortage, whose causes and form changed over time—from the late wartime era, through the immediate postwar rehabilitation years, to the era of rapid economic growth. Rather than focusing on issues of policy, the article examines personal histories, revealing how shortages led to various doctor substitutes, some legitimate and some not, in a process whereby doctor care came to be seen as a basic right.
AB - Who is allowed to practice medicine? This question recurred in different forms throughout Japan’s modern era, reflecting fundamental changes in how people provided and received medical care. This article explores one key issue that underlined this question: a persistent doctor shortage, whose causes and form changed over time—from the late wartime era, through the immediate postwar rehabilitation years, to the era of rapid economic growth. Rather than focusing on issues of policy, the article examines personal histories, revealing how shortages led to various doctor substitutes, some legitimate and some not, in a process whereby doctor care came to be seen as a basic right.
KW - Doctor shortage
KW - Medical licensing
KW - Okinawa
KW - Postwar Japan
KW - Rural Japan
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AN - SCOPUS:85207674693
SN - 1557-4660
VL - 22
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
IS - 8
M1 - 5857
ER -