Welfare for Elites: The Student Health Center at Tokyo Imperial University and the Paradox of Medicare in Japanese Meritocracy

How did the Japanese establish a medical welfare system? In answering this question, historians of modern Japan have accentuated the assertive role of state bureaucrats, especially from those of the Home Ministry (naimushō). Historians of Japanese medicine also emphasized the role of the state. Will...

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Main Author: Jamyung CHOI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for the History of Medicine 2020-12-01
Series:Uisahak
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Online Access:http://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-29-3-1101.pdf