This article examines the history of the policy concerning a class of diseases called intractable diseases in Japan with a particular focus on the roles of patient support groups in firstly legitimizing the grouping of such diseases and then shaping the nature of the support that the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare provided to the patients and their families affected by them. The Ministry started its policy on intractable diseases in 1972, predating the enactment of the 1983 Orphan Drug Act in the United States, which is known to be one of the most important events for the international rare diseases community. This policy decision was triggered by the emergence of subacute myelo-optic neuropathy (SMON) as a social problem in the co...
Abstract In this article, we describe the history and current state of psychosomatic ...
Throughout my research life, I experienced to discover the causes of some neuro-logical diseases in ...
A review of the literature was conducted on research into patient associations for patients with int...
This article examines the history of the policy concerning a class of diseases called intractable di...
With the revision of the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act in 2013 to provide ...
In most cases approaches to Patients with Complex Diseases were made through medical science or publ...
Scholarship on Japan’s Occupation Period (1945-1952) has focused on the ways in which Japan was tran...
In this study, I restored the reality of civil health care through various cases of Koryo Period. In...
Abstract: Throughout my research life, I experienced to discover the causes of some neuro-logical di...
Background: Japan has continuously received influences from foreign countries to improve care for pa...
The following study provides an insight into Japanese policies on wounded veterans' relief during th...
The segregation of leprosy patients, a practice introduced early in the 20th century, was maintained...
Japan was the first Asian country to introduce social insurance measures and it has expanded them du...
This paper aimed to analyze whether Japan fulfils its obligation as a State party to the Internation...
Japan's disability movement, as with most social movements, consists of a broad array of groups and ...
Abstract In this article, we describe the history and current state of psychosomatic ...
Throughout my research life, I experienced to discover the causes of some neuro-logical diseases in ...
A review of the literature was conducted on research into patient associations for patients with int...
This article examines the history of the policy concerning a class of diseases called intractable di...
With the revision of the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act in 2013 to provide ...
In most cases approaches to Patients with Complex Diseases were made through medical science or publ...
Scholarship on Japan’s Occupation Period (1945-1952) has focused on the ways in which Japan was tran...
In this study, I restored the reality of civil health care through various cases of Koryo Period. In...
Abstract: Throughout my research life, I experienced to discover the causes of some neuro-logical di...
Background: Japan has continuously received influences from foreign countries to improve care for pa...
The following study provides an insight into Japanese policies on wounded veterans' relief during th...
The segregation of leprosy patients, a practice introduced early in the 20th century, was maintained...
Japan was the first Asian country to introduce social insurance measures and it has expanded them du...
This paper aimed to analyze whether Japan fulfils its obligation as a State party to the Internation...
Japan's disability movement, as with most social movements, consists of a broad array of groups and ...
Abstract In this article, we describe the history and current state of psychosomatic ...
Throughout my research life, I experienced to discover the causes of some neuro-logical diseases in ...
A review of the literature was conducted on research into patient associations for patients with int...