Medical practice - Medical practice

Japanese: 医療類似行為 - いりょうるいじこうい
Medical practice - Medical practice

...For example, cosmetic surgery, contraceptive procedures, induced abortion, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, sex reassignment surgery, and sex hormone injection therapy are not intended to cure illness, but are expected to provide the safest and most reliable techniques for carrying them out, and the facilities and equipment can be shared with those used for medical treatment, so these acts are limited to doctors and included in the definition of medical care. However, acupuncture, moxibustion, anma, massage, shiatsu, and judo therapy are legally defined as medical-like acts because they are not directly performed by doctors.
[Medical infrastructure]
A person who lives in a community environment expects assistance from others when he or she feels that the impairment of his or her physical functions is beyond his or her ability to cope, and others around him or her try to help him or her.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "medical-like procedures" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…たとえば,美容上の目的をもって行われる手術,避妊処置,人工妊娠中絶,人工受精,体外受精,性転換手術や性ホルモン注射療法などは,病気の回復を目的とはしないが,それらを実施するのに最も安全で確実な技術を提供できると期待されるし,また施設・器材も病気の医療のためのものと共用できることなどから,医師にそれらの行為を限定し,医療の定義のなかに入れられる。しかしながら,鍼灸(しんきゆう),あんま,マッサージ,指圧,柔道整復などは,医師が直接行わないという理由で,法的には医療類似行為と規定されている。
【医療の基盤】
 集団的生活を営むことを特徴とする人間は,その身体的な機能の障害がみずからの能力で対処できないと感じたとき,他からの援助を期待し,また周辺の他者は彼または彼女を援助しようとする。…

※「医療類似行為」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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