A Sociological Study of Discourses on Medical Safety Forcused on Medical Accident Category

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24530626
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Nara Women's University
Principal Investigator	KURIOKA Mikiei 奈良女子大学, 研究院人文科学系, 教授 (20145155)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	医療事故 / 新聞記事 / 記事データベース / 医療ミス / 医療過誤 / 統制側の逸脱 / カテゴリー執行 / 医療安全 / 医療訴訟 / 医事紛争 / インターネット / ネット医師 / インタビュー調査 / Web調査
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The newspaper articles seem to express concerns on the social problems. In 1999 and 2000, Japanese newspapers reported some medical malpractice cases extensively and number of articles remarkable increased. However, it seems to have been decreasing rapidly. Some people said that newspaper companies had changed their stance on the responsibility of medical staff especially doctors. In this research, I examine article databases of some newspaper companies and found that two terms, ‘iryou-misu’ and ‘iryou-kago’ which mean ‘medical errors’, are frequently used to refer to medical matters as before. So I think there has been no remarkable change in the stance of newspaper companies.