Sociology of death and dying: Japanese Case

• Project/Area Number: 25380688
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: Shindo Yuzo 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (00187569)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Sasaki Yoko 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, UCRC研究員 (70647833)
• Research Collaborator: Christakis Nicholas A. Yale University, Human Nature Lab, Professor
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 死の社会学 / 死別と悲嘆 / 医療化 / 自然死・検死 / 葬送儀礼 / 自死・自殺 / 安楽死・尊厳死・水子 / エイジング / 自然死と検死 / 尊厳死 / 自殺・自死 / 水子 / 検死

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project aims to be a "pilot study" of so-called "Sociology of death and dying," relatively newly emerging research area in sociology. Four specific tasks are to be pursued: 1) delineating the outline of
"sociology of death and dying" through examining the research literature including death studies and thanatology in general, and sociology of death in particular; 2) codifying the representative and basic research literature on the specific subfields that in all compose the "sociology of death and dying."; 3)presenting the sociological analyses of Japanese society, on the specific fields established by 1) and 2) tasks; and lastly 4) exploring and the searching the meaning and significance the field "sociology of death and dying"might have on the understanding of modern, contemporary societies in general , and the Japanese society in particular.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 死の社会学的研究に向けて (2015)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Journal Title: 人文研究 Volume: 66 Pages: 211-222
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 社会問題の医療化の現状と課題 (2015)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Journal Title: 健康保険 Volume: 69 Pages: 22-25
• [Presentation] 死をめぐるcontestation (2016)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Organizer: 医療社会学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 生駒アイアイランド（大阪府・生駒市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-27
• [Presentation] 健康行動への社会学的アプローチ (2015)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Organizer: 健康行動研究会
  • Place of Presentation: グランキューブ大阪（大阪府・大阪市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-17
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Medicalization and Contested Illness: On Reproduction and Death (2015)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Organizer: 医療社会学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学梅田キャンパス（大阪府・大阪市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-11
• [Presentation] Rethinking "Medicalization of Death and Dying" (2014)
  • Author(s): Yuzo Shindo
  • Organizer: World Congress of Sociology
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（横浜）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-17
• [Presentation] 死の医療化 (2014)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Organizer: 福祉社会学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東洋大学（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-29
• [Book] 社会学入門 (2016)
  • Author(s): 進藤雄三
  • Total Pages: 250
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房