The Japanese Journal of Health and Medical Sociology  
No. 26-2 [2016]


Educational Lecture

The Issue of Home Mechanical Ventilation ………………………………………………… Takeshi OHMORI……1

Symposium

“Symposium: How Has Medicine Changed during the Last Two Decades?:
 Life Model, Self Care and Self-Determination” and Problem of Nursing Science
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Sumie YOSHIDA……9

Changing Standards of Medicine and the Individuality in Living as a Counterbalance
  ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Takuya MATSUSHIGE……13

What should Sociologists Study after the Death Awareness Movement?
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Shimon TASHIRO……21

Original Article

Mother-Daughter Relationship of Women Whose Daughters Carried Their First Baby at
 the Age of 35 or Over: Focus on Two Generations of Baby Boomers
  ……………………………………………………………………………… Keiko AIKI  Michio MIYASAKA……31

Child Delivery in Medical Institutions in Tokyo before and during World War II
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hideki YUI……43

The Logic of Care for User and Family Caregiver:
 A Case of a Caregiver’s Narrative in Day Care Facility for the Mentally Handicapped
  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Shoko OKADA……54

A Case Study of Peer Support Activities in a Hospital:
“To Connect with People / To Connect People” …………………………………… Yoshinori TAKATA……64

Research Notes

Truth-Telling and “Informed Assent” for Donor-Conceived Children:
 An Interview with Infertility Counselors in Japan ……………………… Izen RI  Kaori MUTO……74

Book Reviews

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