Past and Present of PBM Education in Japan
- VernacularTitle:わが国のPBM教育の歴史と現状
- Author:
Kozo TATARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
symptom-based medicine;
hygiene-based medicine;
population-based medicine;
foundation of hygiene andpublic health
- From:Medical Education
2007;38(2):75-78
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
1) Symptom-based Medicine: The essential characteristic of the western medicine, of which father is Hippocrates, is that it has emphasized the importance of observation of symptoms. Medicine in Japan has depended until today on the observation of symptoms of patients.
2) Hygiene-based Medicine: In the medicine of Hippocrates, they have thought that the cause of the isease is the miasma.The bases of hygiene-based medicine to eradicate the miasma were established by P. Frank, E. Chadwi k and M.v. Pettenkofer and in Japan those have been succeeded.
3) Population-based Medicine: The society with the record of the longest life-expectancy is the socety with the most various kind of health conditions of people. In such a society, the population-based medicine to focus on the health of people has to be established.
4) Foundation of School of Hygiene and Public Health: In Japan, where the record of longest life-exectancy has been attained, the foundation of graduate school of hygiene and public health is strictly requested to develop the population-based medicine and educate doctors and professionals to support it.
