2001 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 32-45
The purpose of this study was to contribute that the nurses can take part in and suggest making the policy effectively. In this study, the goal was to clarify who participate in the process of making the policy, how they participate in the process, and what non-personal factors influence the process. The data were collected through literature review; publication archives, Diet and Ministry archives, newspaper et al, and interviews based on a semi-structured questionnaire. Those data were analyzed through content analysis by having the framework. The results were followings:
1) Major participants; Ministry of Health the Welfare, Ministry of Labor, each Political Party, Japanese Nursing Association (JNA), Medical Association, Japanese Medical Labor Union et al.
2) Methods of participating; each participant used different methods, Ministry of Health and Welfare; publication of new policy, negotiation and coordination among the suggestions of participants/Political Party; suggesting of new policy, information exchange with each Ministry and interest groups/JNA; appeal to public opinion, suggesting of new policy, et al.
3) Non-personal factors; publication and change of new policy, change of population composition, media and public opinion, change of working condition et al.
