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Michael Fetters, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Co-Director, Nagoya University-University of Michigan Family Medicine Exchange Program

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    The influence of culture on medical decision making and the ethical implications of those differences

SELECT GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

  • Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan-US, Nagoya University-University of Michigan Family Medicine Exchange Program, 1999-2002
  • Ramesh Verma Diversity Award, The University of Michigan Health System, 1998
  • Award for Best Paper of the Year, The Attitudes of Japanese Family Medicine Residents Towards Their Training Programs: A Comparison with Those of United States Residents, published in the 1995 Japanese Journal of Primary Care, 1996
  • Fulbright Foundation Japan Today Fellowship to Study Ethics of End of life Decision-Making in Japan, Host Institution Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan, 1992
  • Graduate Fellow, Jichi Medical University, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1992
  • Visiting Scholar, Tokyo University, Department of Geriatrics, 1987
  • Japan Foundation Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan, 1983
  • Japanese Society of Detroit Foundation Principal Investigator, Japan, US Medical Exchange Project at the University of Michigan

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

  • "Physicians: Reports on the Impact of Living Wills at the End-Of-Life in Japan," (with Y. Masuda, A. Hattori, N. Mogi, A. Iguchi, and K. Uemura), J Med Ethics (in press).
  • "Responsibility and cancer disclosure in Japan." (with T.S. Elwyn, H. Sasaki, and T. Tsuda), Soc Sci Med. 54(2):281-293, 2002.
  • "Nichibei kyoudou kenkyuu de seikou suruniwa" ("Keys to successful collaboration with U.S. researchers"), (with A. Kamimura), Japan Medical Journal, No. 4008, February 17, 2001.
  • "Recognition of alcohol-related problems by primary care physicians in Japan," (with K. Kitamura, H. Takenaka, J. Sato, and N. Ban), Jap J Prim Care, 24(2):104-117, 2001.
  • "Shitsuteki kenkyuu 3: Shitsuteki kenkyuu hou gihou wo puraimari kea nichijou shinryou he no ouyou" ("Qualitative research part III: application of qualitative research techniques to clinical practice in primary care"), (with S. Seto and T.L. Schwenk), Jap J Prim Care, 21:12-17, 2001.
  • "Experiences, strategies, and principles of a clinical clerkship: comparison and observations about the United States and Japan," (with M.A. Zamorski, K. Sano, T.L. Schwenk, and N. Ban), Medical Education (Japan). 32(2):77-81, 2001.
  • "Building Bridges between General Practitioners and University Department of General Medicine," (with K. Kitamura, K. Eto, K. Yamashita, and T. Fujioka), Japanese Journal of Primary Care, 24(4):285-291.
  • "Qualitative Research Part V: Analysis of the Validity of the Qualitative Research Methodology through a Post-interview Survey" (with K. Sebata, Y. Sugisawa, A. Hiraga, J. Ohtaki, and M. Maezawa), Japanese Journal of Primary Care, 24(4):277-284.
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