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

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.

Free Research Field

社会学