Abstract
The main purpose of this preliminary report is to present some results of our recent survey on Japanese physicians in two cities, named K city (populations; about 1, 300, 000) and N city (population; about 210, 000) in Kansai area.
The survey was done in 1972, with a questionnaire sent to the members of the two cities' medical associations (K city; 1704 and N city; 205), asking them to fill and sent it back to our office.
The questionnaire containing 61 questions is divided into four parts, namely i) objective social properties of physicians; the recruitment pattern, especially the inheritance ratio of medical profession, ii) labour-consciousness in work; alienation and freedom in work setting, iii) opinions and attitudes on professional activities; competition and cooperation with other medical workers, professional association, profession=client relationship and so forth, and iv) social life; social behavior and attitudes of the physicians outside their work.
From the data collected, it was possible to analyze and portray some features of Japanese physisians tentatively.
Concerning some important topics included in our survey, reference should be made to the independent articles written by H. NAKANO; 'The Problem of “Labor” in Professions' in Atarashii Rodosha no Kenkyu (A Study of New Workers) edited by H. Mannari, Hakuto Shobo, Tokyo, 1973, 'The Problem of “Recruitment” in Professions', Sociology Department Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, 1973, 'Organization and Professions', Sociology Department Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, 1973, 'On Political Orientation among Professions', Sociology Department Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, (in print).
