Politics of leprosy segregation in Japan: The emergence, transformation and abolition of the patient segregation policy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2529-2539

  Sato, Hajime ^a   Narita, Minoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hansen's disease; Japan; Leprosy; Policy; Politics

Indexed keywords

LEPROSY;

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JAPAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEPROSY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAR;

EID: 0038368933     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00285-X     Document Type: Article

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