Paul Midford

John Creighton Campbell

Yayoi Saito

Unni Edvardsen

Aging societies are an issue of increasing importance in advanced industrial societies, and many developing nations. This book focuses on the key challenge of long-term care for the growing number of frail elderly, examining how two very culturally different societies, Japan and Norway, have addressed this challenge, and drawing lessons with wider applicability for aging societies. Chapters focus on long-term care institutions, the role of formal and informal care-providers, how assessments are used to allocate care, how care quality is assessed, and how aging society issues influence national politics.

Aging Societies East and West

Eldercare Policies in Japan and Scandinavia

Naoki Ikegami

Describes the politics and economics of health care in Japan and their implications for the USA.

Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System

The Art of Balance in Health Policy

Jeffrey K. Liker

John E. Ettlie

Jeffrey K.. Liker

This book provides a range of empirical studies on how Japanese and US firms manage critical aspects of technology development and deployment. Among the industries discussed are electronics, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles. Almost all of the research has not been previously published.

Japanese Technology-management Practices

Engineered in Japan

These essays by no means cover all areas of interest in long-term care programs, but they offer new insights (and intriguing questions for future research) about how differently policies in this important area can be carried out in different countries.

John Creighton Campbell

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