Rehabilitation in japan the word rehabilitation brings to mind an instant image of medical services while rehabilitation in the us is defined somewhat comprehensively as the restoration of the handicapped to the fullest physical mental social vocational and economic usefulness of which they are capable national council on. Japans largest platform for academic e journals j stage is a full text database for reviewed academic papers published by japanese societies the japanese journal of rehabilitation medicine toggle navigation. Introduction 2impairment activity and participation 4medical model of disability 8social model of disability 10terminology 12approaches to rehabilitation 14goal setting 16outcome measurement 18benefits of rehabilitation 20summary 22what are the basic concepts of rehabilitation medicine in many ways rehabilitation is different from most other medical specialties. Home august 2009 volume 32 issue the concept of rehabilitation students views log in to view full text if youre not a subscriber you can you can read the full text of this article if you select an option log in buy this article become a subscriber get content permissions ovid member institutional access institutional members access full text with ovid . Understanding the concept of rehabilitation definition aims interventions general the needs of mine erw survivors are the same as the needs of persons with disabilities they need to have their rights to an equal opportunity to societythey need to have their rights to an equal opportunity to society recognized they need to have access to rehabilitation services giving them the best