"John W." wrote:

> 6oo2dy802@sneakemail.com (Paulrus) wrote in message news:<733c8a12.0306301351.22654b79@posting.google.com>...
> >
> > So can someone help me settle this?  Explain why they take so long in
> > Japan and if possible, I would like to know if Japanese dentists think
> > that spreading proceedures over several appointments is the "best" way
> > to do things, or do they do it because that's how the system works (or
> > something else maybe?.
> >
> Since everyone else has spoken about dentistry, ask your wife to
> consider other things that in Japan are considered 'major' and in the
> US are not. Take, for example, my father in law. He broke his ankle,
> pretty bad. The same thing happened to my friend in the US (though
> much, much worse) and he was in the hospital about three days. My
> father in law was hospitalized for a month. Does your wife consider
> this normal? Probably not. It's an ankle, not life threatening, not
> even really all that inconvenient since he (like many patients) went
> to work and to home (near the hospital) nearly every day, returning at
> night to sleep in the hospital. But in Japan he (and others) didn't
> really bat an eye about this.

I know people who've had experience with simple broken legs, and three weeks or a month in the hospital. Doctors
seemed to consider it too much trouble to have them get around and care for themselves at home. It would be a
different matter if it were pleasant to be confined to a hospital bed.

> Japanese really like to not question the way things are done in Japan
> and simply accept it as the best solution. That's why their economy is
> doing so well.
>
> John W.