Anatomical training tours in U.S. by Japanese firms draw controversy

Sounds like someone is trying to protect their monopoly.

I suspect if you need to see an autopsy as part of your massage training you are doing it wrong.

 is against the practice. It said in an ethical guideline that paid anatomy examination tours overseas for Japanese participants could undermine confidence in the domestic body donation system and negatively affect the country's medical system as a whole.

The fact that there are participant are weiling to go outside Japan to undergo anatomical training using money and even there are businesses that handle this, it shows there are something about Japanese issue about anatomical training. Why there are participant really people willing to do that?

Is it same reason why people go abroad away from Japan to get diving certification or to study English, even there are many English teacher in Japan, teaching just how to pass the exam.

"Whether anatomical examinations by people other than health care professionals should be accepted even outside the country needs

Wrong, Japanese rule only apply inside Japan juridiction, outside Japan there's now way to tell people how to do things.

But the Japanese Association of Anatomists is against the practice. It said in an ethical guideline that paid anatomy examination tours overseas for Japanese participants could undermine confidence in the domestic body donation system and negatively affect the country's medical system as a whole.

How ?

Y is this even an issue.

Well if I do notated my body thinking it is for medical students to learn how to operate etc, I would be annoyed if it was used for massage therapists. On this front I have some questions. One being, wouldn’t rigamortis make this a bit difficult. Two, wouldn’t it be better to do this on a live person? I find it difficult to see the medical benefit for a massage therapist needing to practice on a dead body. Three, if they did use the dead bodies, how did they use it and if the bodies are then used again for medical students training for internal studies……basically need more information, otherwise this article is just for the generation of clicks.

Masahiro Kami, president of the nonprofit organization Medical Governance Research Institute, said the tours are evidently provided for a profit and are unacceptable.

Pot-kettle-black! Just wanting to control the resource. Oh and yours is all about "profit" as well, for the schools, future-doctors and dentists. Hypocrite!

Masahiro Kami, president of the nonprofit organization Medical Governance Research Institute, said the tours are evidently provided for a profit and are unacceptable.

Does he actually believe that the medical industry anywhere is not linked to profit at all?

In all my time of being to aromatherapy non have been trained on cadavers. If students are serious about massage they can train on each other, give LIVE feedback (no pun intended) while under the tutelage of a professional. Dead people in this case are no substitute for a live person. It’s not like they are physio’s docs. In fact, even nurses don’t do this. So this is a peep show for profit. If it was soooo important why can’t the Japanese facilities provide this then.

America….. just when you can’t sink any lower, even the dead are a buck to you.

A corpse with rigamortis should provide a good guide to any masseur who gets to work on my overly sedantary body.

Many corpses will probably be better at yoga than me too.

Why are so many people accusing businesses of doing their business for profit?

Freaky massage therapists training on stiffs. In Japan, masseuses are only interested in making one thing stiff.

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One being, wouldn’t rigamortis make this a bit difficult. Two, wouldn’t it be better to do this on a live person? I find it difficult to see the medical benefit for a massage therapist needing to practice on a dead body.

FYI, rigor comes and then goes. It only lasts something like 48 hours, depending on room temp and other factors.

"Whether anatomical examinations by people other than health care professionals should be accepted even outside the country needs to be thoroughly discussed to build a social consensus," Kami said.

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What goes on outside Japan doesn’t need any type of ‘consensus’ in Japan.

Maybe Kami san is perturbed that health services outside his remit might impact his bottom line?

Freaky massage therapists training on stiffs. In Japan, masseuses are only interested in making one thing stiff.

This is a load of BS.