During this month of pregnancy, a ceremony is held to send prayers for an easy delivery
What is the fifth month?
100
This is the code of ethics with origins in China placing importance on family and social order.
What is Confucianism?
100
There is a higher risk of this among Japanese American men compared to Caucasian men. One theory is that this may be related to lower fibrinogen levels.
What is hemorrhagic stroke?
100
Traditionally, this is not favored due to the importance of dying intact.
What is organ donation?
200
These type of foods is believed to harm the baby's skin
What are sour foods?
200
These are symbolic for purifying the heart and mind before entering the Shinto shrine.
What are Torri gates?
200
Traditional remedies referred to as this and it may be sought in parallel with ongoing medical treatment. This strives to restore energy flow.
What is Kampo?
200
Once this became evident as in Tokai University and Keihoku Hospital, mass media and most doctors and lawyers condemned the physician as a murderer. Most physicians are therefore against this.
What is euthanasia?
300
The mother stays in the hospital for this many days after a C-section
What is 10 days?
300
It is the indigenous religion of Japan with origins in prehistoric Japan. It is based on the appreciation of nature and the belief in “kami” or spirit gods existing in nature.
What is Shintoism?
300
Japanese are reluctant to utilize health care services for this medical problem.
What is mental illness?
300
Life continues after death in the form of this.
What is rebirth?
400
Friends and family eat this traditional food to celebrate the birth of a new child
What is sekihan?
400
Spirit Gods existing in nature- mountains, trees, rocks, etc.
What is kami?
400
Japanese Americans have a rateof stomach cancer that istwice as high as most other populations in the U.S., which is thought to be related to eating this.
What are nitrite-rich salty foods?
400
terminal illness, dying and death are considered this.
What is negative?
500
This was thought to have healing powers when the baby became ill
What is the umbilical cord?
500
Other religion other than Shintoism.
What is Buddhism?
500
One disease that has a higher prevalence among Japanese Americans than their counterparts in either Japan or Caucasians in the U.S. is this.