TY - JOUR
T1 - Illness experience and therapeutic choice
T2 - Evidence from modern Japan
AU - Suzuki, Akihito
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - This article presents a history of medicine from the patients viewpoint. Using archival materials from the Takinogawa Health Survey, conducted in Tokyo in 1938, the article examines differences in self-reported morbidity according to patients' ages and genders. It also examines differences in their choices of treatment according to income. The article proposes to understand these differences with reference to sociocultural, biological, and economic factors.
AB - This article presents a history of medicine from the patients viewpoint. Using archival materials from the Takinogawa Health Survey, conducted in Tokyo in 1938, the article examines differences in self-reported morbidity according to patients' ages and genders. It also examines differences in their choices of treatment according to income. The article proposes to understand these differences with reference to sociocultural, biological, and economic factors.
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U2 - 10.1215/01455532-2008-007
DO - 10.1215/01455532-2008-007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:63449142500
SN - 0145-5532
VL - 32
SP - 515
EP - 534
JO - Social Science History
JF - Social Science History
IS - 4
ER -