Education for health professionals in Japan--time to change

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Nobutaro Ban et al. Lancet. 2011.

. 2011 Oct 1;378(9798):1206-7.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61189-6. Epub 2011 Aug 30.

¹ Department of General Medicine/Family and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan. nobuban@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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Future of Japan's system of good health at low cost with equity: beyond universal coverage.
Shibuya K, Hashimoto H, Ikegami N, Nishi A, Tanimoto T, Miyata H, Takemi K, Reich MR. Shibuya K, et al. Lancet. 2011 Oct 1;378(9798):1265-73. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61098-2. Epub 2011 Aug 30. Lancet. 2011. PMID: 21885100

What has made the population of Japan healthy?
Ikeda N, Saito E, Kondo N, Inoue M, Ikeda S, Satoh T, Wada K, Stickley A, Katanoda K, Mizoue T, Noda M, Iso H, Fujino Y, Sobue T, Tsugane S, Naghavi M, Ezzati M, Shibuya K. Ikeda N, et al. Lancet. 2011 Sep 17;378(9796):1094-105. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61055-6. Epub 2011 Aug 30. Lancet. 2011. PMID: 21885105
Why is Japanese life expectancy so high?
Murray CJ. Murray CJ. Lancet. 2011 Sep 24;378(9797):1124-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61221-X. Epub 2011 Aug 30. Lancet. 2011. PMID: 21885112 No abstract available.