Lecture I

Surveillance, Medical Sociology and COVID-19
………………………………………………… Tatsuya Mima…… 1

Lecture II

My Experience with the Policy Responses to COVID-19
………………………………………………… Kaori Muto…… 12

Symposium

New Perspectives on Narrative Approaches
………………………………………………… Hideyo Nakamura…… 21

On Facilities Supporting Recovery from Drug Addiction: DARC
………………………………………………… Yasusuke Minami…… 24

Breathing Fresh Air into the Psychiatric Field, Cultivating the Milieu of Conversation: Perspectives on Open Dialogues and Reflecting Processes
………………………………………………… Takayuki Yahara…… 31

Narrative and Community: Meanings of Telling a Self-narrative in Groups
………………………………………………… Yuji Noguchi…… 42

Original Articles

A Phenomenological Study of Nursing Practice at a Psychiatric Ward
………………………………………………… Emiko Ishida…… 47

Suffering of Patients Who are Considered “Mild”: Perception of Physical Decay in Patients with Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
………………………………………………… Yukitaka Kiya…… 59

How Does a Cancer Patient Participate in Group Activities?: Based on Narratives of Mr. B Who Leads a Lung Cancer Patient Group in Prefecture A
………………………………………………… Kimiko Saito…… 69

Life Practices Articulated by Mothers of Children with Special Needs
………………………………………………… Masaya Saito…… 80

The Dual Moralities for the Mothers of Children with Food Allergies in the “Ingestion Era”
………………………………………………… Hiroto Matsuki　　Yoshiharu Dainichi…… 90

Awareness of Genetic Information in Males: Interviews of Men with Children Who Have Undergone Newborn Screening
………………………………………………… Eri Sasatani…… 101

The Process of Nurses Attempting to Fulfil Their Practice Responsibilities
………………………………………………… Shoko Sugiyama　　Kyoko Asakura　　Nozomu Takada…… 111

Treatment of Psychiatric Patients under the Poor Relief Act and Hōmen-Iin (Welfare Commissioners) Who Worked in Kyoto City in the 1930s
………………………………………………… Fumio Shinohara…… 122

Research Notes

Quality of Life Characteristics of Patients with Behcet’s Disease Participating in Behçet’s Disease Patient Associations
………………………………………………… Junya Okada…… 133

Book Reviews

　　　･･････････････････････････････････････････････････････････････････････････Hirotaka Ito……142