title: [Transition of Japanese societies related to clinical chemistry in the mid-Showa period (1955-1980) (part 3) - related to the medical field].
abstract: Remarkable progress in the Japanese clinical chemical field was observed in the mid-Showa period (1955-1980). Many biochemists, pharmacists, medical doctors, and medical technologists started their studies and reported their accomplishments in the clinical chemical societies during this period. I recently reported on the transition of pharmaceutical science societies in the clinical chemical field in JJHP, Vol. 35, No. 2, in 2000, and Vol. 36, No. 1, in 2001. In these reports, the transition of medical societies in the clinical chemical field and social insurance medical fee payments were discussed. The Japan Society of Clinical Pathology (JCCP) was started in 1951 and the Japanese Association of Medical Technologists (JAMT) in 1952. The former mainly consists of biochemists and medical doctors and the latter of medical technologists in Japanese hospitals. Because many clinical examinations in hospitals were undertaken with the support of instruments (for example, the Auto Analyzer AA-1), the Japan Society for Clinical Laboratory Automation (JSCLA) started in 1969. The Japan Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards started in 1984. The Japan Medical Association helped to promote clinical chemical examinations in the medical field, especially since 1957, by increasing the social insurance medical fee payment.
authors.affiliation: The Japanese Society for History of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007564:Japan; D008511:Medicine; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history*