ISSN 1347-6459

Preface

• Preface T. HASEGAWA（125KB） Page 107

Topics

• T. HASEGAWA
  Basic concepts of patient safety（352KB） Page 108-113
• K. ARAKI
  Measures for patient safety（260KB） Page 114-117
• Y. FUJISAWA
  The direction of patient safety policy; its past and future（300KB） Page 118-123
• T. HIRAO
  Epidemiology of medical error（216KB） Page 124-126
• T. HASEGAWA
  General aspects of risk management（272KB） Page 127-130
• T. SOUMA
  Organizational sturucture and function for patient safety（391KB） Page 131-136
• Y. FUJISAWA
  Safety culture in health care organizations : its conceptural research direction（257KB） Page 137-141
• T. YANAGAWA
  Improved reporting systems analyzing events and RCA (Root Cause Analysis)（718KB） Page 142-149
• K. TANAKA
  FMEA : An effective method for preventing troubles（246KB） Page 150-153

Original Article

• Y. KUWAHARA, M. WASHIO, Y. ARAI, H. IZUMI, M. MORI
  The Burden felt by family caregivers of frail elderly before and after the introduction of public long term care insurance system in Keichiku District, Fukuoka Prefecture（308KB） Page 154-167

Review

• T. TSUTUI, S. HIGASHINO
  A Review of studies on elder abuse in Japan ―Problems and future issues related to the discovery of abuse and the definition of “Elder abuse” in the context of research studies in Japan―（322KB） Page 168-173

Reports of Eduction