This paper discusses how the anticipation of a catastrophic future of death shapes experience of people at risk through the changes in sudden cardiac death associated with the development of preventive medicine. Before, sudden cardiac death has been thought of as an unexpected death, as the Japanese term "pokkuri-byo" implies. In recent years, however, with the development of technology to anticipate the future, sudden cardiac death has been transformed into an expected death. As a result, while sudden cardiac death has achieved some degree of control, people at risk have had to respond to an anticipated catastrophic future, and new problems such as depressive tendencies and PTSD have been reported. Therefore, this paper examines how the anticipated future is legitimized by medicine and shapes experiences of people at risk through interviews with them and medical professionals, as well as through participant observation at medical institutions.

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