Special Issue

Preface to the Special Issue
………………………………………………… Atsushi TSUCHIYA…… 1

What and How Did the Movement of the Residents of the Hansen's Disease Sanatorium Fight?:
From the Proceeding of the Zenkankyō Movement in the 1950s and 1960s
………………………………………………… Katsuhiko Sakata…… 3

Medical Practices in the National Tuberculosis Sanatorium
on the Natural Therapy During 1940s-50s
………………………………………………… Junji Nishikawa…… 12

Postwar National Sanatoriums, National Hospitals,
and Rare Diseases Transition from Tuberculosis Sanatoriums to Beds for Rare Diseases
………………………………………………… Saori Watanabe…… 25

Open Door System and the Patients at the Hizen National Sanatorium:
An Analysis of Admission and Discharge Patterns from "Patient Registers" and "Discharge Petitions"
………………………………………………… Motoyuki Goto…… 34

Uncertified Illness as Pollution-Related Disease:
A Case Study of "Bent Fingers Disorder" in An'naka, Japan
………………………………………………… Kazuko Uda…… 45

Original Articles

Grief Toujisya-Kenkyu: Co-Research of Medical Personnel and Bereaved Parents
Who Lost Their Disabled Children
………………………………………………… Tomoyuki Dobata…… 56

A Study on Hospitalization Explanation Work by Outpatient Nurses
………………………………………………… Hiroki Maeda　　Yumi Nishimura…… 67

What Makes "Watch and Wait" Possible: Analysis of "the Daily Report"
Used in Facilities for Continuous Employment Support (Type A) for Persons with Mental Disabilities
………………………………………………… Daigoro Ebita…… 78

An Attitude of Support for Keeping an Eye on a Way of Life:
A Case of Toyama-Style Day Care Service Flat for Caring for Families of Children with Disabilities
………………………………………………… Natsuko Saigusa…… 89

A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
………………………………………………… Yusuke Oe　　Hiroaki Ambo　　Noriko Yamauchi…… 99

Research Note

How Can Sexual Minorities Be Included in Healthcare Institutions?:
A Case Study of "Family and Other" Initiatives in a Public Hospital and Clinic
………………………………………………… Michiko Sambe　　Yoko Kageyama…… 110

Book Reviews

………………………………………………… Makiko Iguchi…… 120

………………………………………………… Hiroto Shimizu…… 122

………………………………………………… Setsuko Shimmitsu…… 124

………………………………………………… Tomoko Hosono…… 126

………………………………………………… Yoko Matsubara…… 128