Presidential Address

For a Society Where People Can Live While Vulnerable: Toward the Development and Sharing of Knowledge
………………………………………………… Sumie YOSHIDA…… 1

Keynote Lecture

Lessons from Research on Vulnerable Populations: The Ainu People and Atomic Bomb Survivors
………………………………………………… Kaori MUTO…… 7

Symposium

What Is the Care That Public Health Nurses Provide to The Population?: Caring For Population with Complex Health Needs
………………………………………………… Yukiko ANZAI…… 14

Re-weaving the Subject of Care: Doulia, System of Boundary, Meshwork
………………………………………………… Takayuki YAHARA…… 20

Rethinking the Subject of Care: The Subject Constructed as an Effect of Prior Elimination
………………………………………………… Josuke AMADA…… 27

Special Reports

Embracing Vulnerability: The Theory of Justice between You and Me
………………………………………………… Michio MIYASAKA…… 39

Towards a Society That Embraces Vulnerability in Children: Learning from Creating Spaces for School Refusers
………………………………………………… Misato NISHIO…… 46

Strength and Weakness in Medicine from the Perspective of the Ethics of Vulnerability
………………………………………………… Katsuya KUSHIHARA…… 50

Original Articles

Psychiatric Diagnostic Concepts in Practices: Practical Reasoning Methods for Diagnosis
………………………………………………… Yuki KAWAMURA…… 54

Brain Differences and Shifts of Ideas: Neurodiversity Discourse in Japan
………………………………………………… Shohei WATANABE…… 65

Convincing Medical Care in Uncertain Situations Case Studies of People with Atopic Dermatitis Who Did Not Choose the Standard Treatment
………………………………………………… Miho USHIYAMA Takuya MATSUSHIGE…… 76

The Passing as the Practices of People Who Left the Hansen’s Disease Sanatorium: Focusing On the Diversity of the Presentation of Self
………………………………………………… Yayoi SEMBU…… 86

Research Notes

What Issues Are Discussed When Considering the Medicalization of Loneliness?: Trends from Articles on PubMed
………………………………………………… Mieko HOMMA…… 96

How Can Healthcare Professionals “Talk About Sexuality”: Suggestions from Interviews with Midwives and Obstetricians/Gynecologists
………………………………………………… Ayako MAEDA…… 106