Family medicine in Japan

摘要

If you are passionate about primary care then it is always uplifting to meet people who feel the same. The argument for a structured primary care system in Japan has been ongoing for some time but it is only in the last few years that it is gathering momentum. Indeed, from a distance one might wonder why on earth Japan needs to change anything? It has one of the highest life expectancies in the world and has a vaccination coverage that outshines the UK.1 It was therefore with great excitement that I set off to meet some the forerunners in the argument for Japanese family medicine.