Abstract

In order to stay healthy, it is absolutely necessary to go to a good hospital or doctor. If you make a mistake, you may have to undergo unnecessary surgery, suffer from medical errors, or even die prematurely. While there are good hospitals and doctors, there are also bad ones. In order to distinguish them, patients themselves need to acquire the knowledge to make a choice. First of all, do not do as the doctor at the clinic or hospital near your home tells you. Of course, if the hospital or doctor is good, there is no problem. Just do as they say. However, there are many cases where they are not. This book introduces the correct way to choose a hospital or doctor and the correct way to interact with them. Not only does it explain the conditions for a good hospital or doctor, but it also explains how to find a good hospital or doctor specifically. It also introduces great hospitals recommended by the author. If you can obtain this knowledge and choose the right hospital or doctor, the number of unfortunate cases like the one mentioned at the beginning will be greatly reduced. In order to stay healthy, it is very important to know how to identify a good doctor or hospital.

Author’s Information

Zenji Makita
Director of AGE Makita Clinic. Diabetes specialist. Doctor of Medicine. Graduated from Hokkaido University School of Medicine in 1979.
He spent about five years researching AGEs, which are attracting attention as a cause of diabetic complications, at the Department of Medical Biochemistry at Rockefeller University in New York and other institutions. During this time, he developed the world's first method for measuring AGEs in blood, and published papers on AGEs as the first author in top journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Science, and THE LANCET.
He has been a lecturer at Hokkaido University School of Medicine since 1996. He has been a professor at Kurume University School of Medicine since 2000. In 2003, he opened the AGE Makita Clinic in Ginza, Tokyo, to treat lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and obesity, and has seen more than 200,000 patients in total.
His many best-sellers include "The Definitive Low-Carb Textbook" and "What People Who Don't Age Eat" (both published by Shinsei Publishing), "Doctors' Ultimate Textbook on Diet Tips" and "Doctors' Diet Tips 2: The Practical Bible" (both published by Diamond Inc.), "Carbohydrate Addiction" (Bungeishunju), and "90% of Medical Checkups Are Mistakes" (Gentosha).