Find, Understand, and Utilize Medical and Welfare Services! 'Medical and Welfare Service Guidebook 2026 Edition' Released on April 13
Igaku-Shoin released the 'Medical and Welfare Service Guidebook 2026 Edition' on April 13, 2026. This comprehensive book guides professionals and students through Japan's complex social security, medical, and welfare systems.
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Igaku-Shoin Co., Ltd. (Location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President: Shun Kanehara) published the 'Medical and Welfare Service Guidebook 2026 Edition' (Edited by: Yutaka Suzuki / Aiko Kawamura / Natsuki Kobayashi / Ayumi Sekita / Tomoko Hirabayashi) on April 13, 2026.
Quickly Understand the Overview, Targets, Utilization Methods, and Costs of Diverse Support Systems
The 'Medical and Welfare Service Guidebook' is a single volume compiling knowledge gained from public information and daily practice by professionals active in clinical settings regarding social services in the medical, health, and welfare fields.
It comprehensively covers medical and welfare services, including medical insurance, nursing care insurance, the Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities Act, support for families with children, public assistance, and pension insurance. It can be utilized as a practical handbook for professionals, a textbook for students aiming to become professionals, and a guidebook to learn about social services to realize a secure life.
◆ Follows the Latest Information and Explains Medical and Welfare Services Clearly
This book is revised annually to respond to changes in modern social services.
The structure consists of Chapter 1 'Social Security Systems', Chapter 2 'Medical Care', Chapter 3 'The Elderly', Chapter 4 'Persons and Children with Disabilities', Chapter 5 'Children and Families', Chapter 6 'Living Expenses and Work', and Chapter 7 'Various Support'. It provides detailed, easy-to-use explanations on the overview and key points of utilizing social services in each field.
◆ Includes Essential Points and Timely TOPICs
Furthermore, assuming situations where social services are utilized cross-sectionally, the book is designed to allow readers to reference related content easily. The 'TOPIC' sections cover matters related to practice in clinical settings and provide current and future topics relevant to the year '2026'. The 'NOTE' sections summarize essential points and content to enhance expertise as a consultation and assistance professional.
◆ Facing Complexly Intertwined Issues
The social and lifestyle issues arising from changing social conditions are highly diverse. There are various challenges, such as the declining birthrate, super-aging society, poverty, abuse, suicide (attempts), crimes involving minors and youth, difficulties faced by people without relatives (single individuals) and young carers, family relationship and caregiving issues seen from changing family structures and diverse lifestyles, challenges in environments where people with illnesses or disabilities can protect their own intentions, balancing work with treatment for diseases like cancer, the difficulties of the AYA (Adolescent and Young Adult) generation facing illness, and issues surrounding medical care for foreigners. Often, these issues are complexly intertwined.
To resolve these issues and realize the social life desired by users, medical, health, and welfare professionals are required to collaborate and cooperate while fully utilizing their specialized knowledge and interviewing skills, based on user-centric ideas and values, and to play professional roles in the process. This book helps readers acquire information, leading to opportunities to utilize social services, and serves as an aid in consultation and support for users, patients, and their families.
Table of Contents (Excerpt)
Chapter 1 Social Security Systems
Chapter 2 Medical Care
Chapter 3 The Elderly
Chapter 4 Persons and Children with Disabilities
Chapter 5 Children and Families
Chapter 6 Living Expenses and Work
Chapter 7 Various Support
Quickly Understand the Overview, Targets, Utilization Methods, and Costs of Diverse Support Systems
The 'Medical and Welfare Service Guidebook' is a single volume compiling knowledge gained from public information and daily practice by professionals active in clinical settings regarding social services in the medical, health, and welfare fields.
It comprehensively covers medical and welfare services, including medical insurance, nursing care insurance, the Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities Act, support for families with children, public assistance, and pension insurance. It can be utilized as a practical handbook for professionals, a textbook for students aiming to become professionals, and a guidebook to learn about social services to realize a secure life.
◆ Follows the Latest Information and Explains Medical and Welfare Services Clearly
This book is revised annually to respond to changes in modern social services.
The structure consists of Chapter 1 'Social Security Systems', Chapter 2 'Medical Care', Chapter 3 'The Elderly', Chapter 4 'Persons and Children with Disabilities', Chapter 5 'Children and Families', Chapter 6 'Living Expenses and Work', and Chapter 7 'Various Support'. It provides detailed, easy-to-use explanations on the overview and key points of utilizing social services in each field.
◆ Includes Essential Points and Timely TOPICs
Furthermore, assuming situations where social services are utilized cross-sectionally, the book is designed to allow readers to reference related content easily. The 'TOPIC' sections cover matters related to practice in clinical settings and provide current and future topics relevant to the year '2026'. The 'NOTE' sections summarize essential points and content to enhance expertise as a consultation and assistance professional.
◆ Facing Complexly Intertwined Issues
The social and lifestyle issues arising from changing social conditions are highly diverse. There are various challenges, such as the declining birthrate, super-aging society, poverty, abuse, suicide (attempts), crimes involving minors and youth, difficulties faced by people without relatives (single individuals) and young carers, family relationship and caregiving issues seen from changing family structures and diverse lifestyles, challenges in environments where people with illnesses or disabilities can protect their own intentions, balancing work with treatment for diseases like cancer, the difficulties of the AYA (Adolescent and Young Adult) generation facing illness, and issues surrounding medical care for foreigners. Often, these issues are complexly intertwined.
To resolve these issues and realize the social life desired by users, medical, health, and welfare professionals are required to collaborate and cooperate while fully utilizing their specialized knowledge and interviewing skills, based on user-centric ideas and values, and to play professional roles in the process. This book helps readers acquire information, leading to opportunities to utilize social services, and serves as an aid in consultation and support for users, patients, and their families.
Table of Contents (Excerpt)
Chapter 1 Social Security Systems
Chapter 2 Medical Care
Chapter 3 The Elderly
Chapter 4 Persons and Children with Disabilities
Chapter 5 Children and Families
Chapter 6 Living Expenses and Work
Chapter 7 Various Support