Special Issue

Preface to the Special Issue
………………………………………………… Akihiko SATO　　Shimon TASHIRO……1

Drug-Induced Sufferings and Medical Care: What Drug-Induced AIDS and HIV/AIDS Activism Suggests
………………………………………………… Jugo HANAI……4

Death Due to Side Effects of the Anticancer Drug Iressa:
Consider the Weight of a Cancer Patient’s Life
………………………………………………… Akio CHIKAZAWA……8

Drug-Induced Smon and Drug-Induced Aids as a Shift in Perspective from Social Epidemiology to Health Sociology
………………………………………………… Atsushi OZAWA……21

Research on the Lives and Dignity of People Living with HIV Due to Contaminated Blood Products in Japan: A Search for Scientific and Experiential Validity
………………………………………………… Chihiro WAKABAYASHI……26

Difficulties and Delights in the Research Study about Drug-Induced Sufferings:
In the Case of the AIDS Incident through HIV-Contaminated Blood Products
………………………………………………… Hiroyuki TANEDA……35

The Experience of Health and Medical Sociologist Nobuko Iijima:
Understanding “Suffering” through Research into Drug-Induced Suffering SMON
………………………………………………… Masatake HONGO……44

Original Articles

Non-symbolized Appearance Traits and Cognitive Discrepancy: Reflections on the Interview Process Regarding Surgical Scars
………………………………………………… Hiroshi TANAKA……54

Experience of Persons with Cervical Cord Injuries Shortly After the Injury:
Rebuilding Their Understanding of Their Bodies
………………………………………………… Yuko MURAKAMI……66

Sentient Activities in the Care of Children with Food Allergies: The Increasing Complexity of Mothers’ Practices Due to the Spread of “Cure through Eating” Treatment
………………………………………………… Yoshiharu DAINICHI Hiroto MATSUKI……76

Issues Surrounding the Legislation of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australia:
Analysis of the Characteristics and Differences among State Laws Takako MINAMI……87

Book Reviews

Shigeru URANO……98

Natsuko NOJIMA……100

Setsuko SUGANO……102