Comparative study of an establichment of mental patient custody method,tubeculosis preventio law and the enforcement process.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380818
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Social Welfare
• Principal Investigator: MURAKAMI KIMIKO 関西福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 客員教授 (00301846)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): UTSUNOMIYA Minori 愛知県立大学, 教育福祉学部, 教授 (80367573) ; HANDA Musubi 関西福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (10595268) ; NAKAO Yuki 愛知県立大学, 教育福祉学部, 准教授 (00410481)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 精神病 / ハンセン病 / 結核 / 入院 / 隔離

Outline of Final Research Achievements

At the beginning of the 1900s, “ Seisinbyousya kangoho” was enacted after a discussion on the need for rules that physically protected the mentally ill as there were only provisions for protecting the property of incompetent individuals in Civil Law at that time. “ Raiyoboho” was enacted as a way to do away with the stigma of not having quarantine measures like what Europe did. “Kekkakuyoboho” was enacted as part of economic and manpower policies that expected prevention and rehabilitation. The mentally ill were thought of as children requiring the protection of a family. Those with Hansen’s disease were seen as individuals with no rights and the need to be completely quarantined. Those with tuberculosis were seen as those to whom prevention and treatment would be applied so that these individuals could help strengthen the nation. The creation of these laws and the circumstances of their enforcement were one factor in forming public awareness of these three types of diseases.

Free Research Field

社会福祉政策、社会福祉史、社会保障制度