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Japanese Ventilator Users Network (2004)

In 2004, Adolf Ratzka, Stockholm, and Audrey King, Toronto, two long-term ventilator users and disability advocates, E.A. (Tony) Oppenheimer, MD, So. California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, and Joan L. Headley, St. Louis, traveled to Japan in late June to participate in symposia sponsored by the Japanese Ventilator Users Network (JVUN).

JVUN produced this video summarizing the activities of JVUN and its invited guests as they spoke in about home mechanical ventilation in Sapporo, Tokyo and Osaka.