[Human rights of patients and tuberculosis prevention].
The Act for Prevention and Medical Treatment of Patients of Infectious Diseases in Japan was revised in December 2006. Through this revise of the act, the articles for the measures against Bio-terrors were incorporated into the act, and the idea of respect of human rights of patients surely took root into the act. At the same time, the Tuberculosis Prevention Act was abolished and the articles of this act were partly revised and incorporated into the Act for Prevention and Medical Treatments of Patients of Infectious Diseases. The procedural rights of tuberculoses patients and the role of jurists in the procedure of tuberculosis prevention were consolidated. It is desirable that dialogues between jurists and those who are engaged in tuberculosis prevention should be accelerated by these legislations.
Takahashi
Shigeru
S
Faculty of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. cj00165@svv.cc-hit-u.ac.jp
D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007564:Japan; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*