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>HOME *Date: December 8, 2007 (Sat) Doors Open 1:30 p.m./Starts at 2:00 p.m. *Place: Zonshinkan Building#703, Ritsumeikan University (Access Map & Campus Map) *Participation Fee: Free of Charge *Part 1: Keynote Speech "Suffering of Medical Care and Judgement" KATSUMURA Hisashi (Citizens' Group for Seeking Disclosure of Medical Information) "GID and Medical Care" TANAKA Rei (Freelance Writer) *Part 2: Panel Discussion "What Is the Responsibility of Medical Care?" KATSUMURA, TANAKA, KOTAKI Hiroko (Lawyer) and YOSHINO Yugi (Plaintiff) *Host: Executive Committee of the Symposium Called "Gender Identity Disorder Versus Rights of Patients: Spatial Spheres of Responsibility of Contemporary Medical Care" *Co-host: Global COE Program for Ars Vivendi at Ritsumeikan University & Project for Assisting YOSHINO *Inquiry: E-Mail:sukudomo@yahoo.co.jp *Purpose of This Event: This symposium is held in order to train our thoughts and techniques concerning the human rights of patients in the medical care of gender identity disorder. Why are patients prohibited from complaining? Of course, it should be natural that patients get angry. However, patients fail to express their anger very well. Why doesn't someone listen to the patients? What kind of structure is there? YOSHINO Yugi, a graduate student at Ritsumeikan University, became a plaintiff and filed a lawsuit on medical error of gender identity disorder in spring 2007. It is said that strategies of trials make doctors retreat from the area of minor medical care by telling the severe working environment of doctors to patients who talk about their own needs. Gender identity disorder, minor medical care, has its structural problems. If so, what do patients of this medical care cpnvey in its lawsuit? In places where a lawsuit on medical error, patients' rights and medical care of gender identity disorder interact, we will deepen the discussion by inviting the above-mentioned plaintiff, a defence counsil, moreover, knowledgeable persons of lawsuits on medical error and gender identity disorder. [Introduction of Lecturers] *KATSUMURA Hisashi/High school teacher in Osaka Prefecture (Science) Mr. KATSUMURA lost his first daughter, Seiko, through suffering of ecbolic at birth in 1990 and since then he has been engaged in trials on medical care and civil movement. He is a facilitator of both "Citiznes' Group that Seeks for the Disclosure of Medical Information" and "Group that Considers the Suffering by Ecbolic". He is also a vice representative and a facilitator of "National Liaison Council for Sufferers' Organizations that Had Harmful Effects of Medicine". He writes such books as To My "Little Prince": Record of 10 Years of Medical Trials (Gentosha Bunko, 2004), Let's Find out Unfair Medical Care through Disclosure of Receipts! (Shogakukan Bunko, 2002) and Q & A on Disclosure of Medical Records for Patients and Medical Staffs (Iwanami Booklet, 2002). *TANAKA Rei/Freelance Writer Ms. Tanaka is a FTMTX (Female to Male to X) gender queer (i.e., transgender) by free medical care. She is not going to have medical treatment through legitimate channels nor is he goin to change her family register. She aims to enrich indivisual securities and abolish the dominant family register system. She is a staff that runs QWRC (Quuer & Womens' Resource Center). She also established T-junction, self-help group of FTM. She is also a board member of Esto Organization, network of human rights. Four years ago, she had subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain infarct and varicella as a result of her ex-boyfriend's domestic violence. Since she is trans-gender, many hospitals refused to accept her. Based on her such experiences, she published a book called Trans-gender Feminism (Impact Shuppankai, 2006). *KOTAKI Hiroko/Lawyer Ms. KOTAKI aims to solve incidents that closely relate to people's daily life in a way cuddling up to a client. She completed the Supreme Court's Regal Research and Training Institute in 2005 and has registered for a lawyer. She works for Keyaki Law Office. She is a lawyer in charge of this trial. *YOSHINO Yugi/Graduate Student at Ritsumeikan University Ms.YOSHINO has been engaged in student movement concerning gender sexuality and has had study group, symposium and parades on life and sex since 2002. In 2006 she underwent a mastectomy at Osaka Medical College Hospital as parts of treatmets of GID but the operation was a failure and the part became necrotic. She filed a lawsuit against the hospital in order to shed light on the truth of the medical errors and advance GID medical care in March 2007 and she has been on trial since then. She is a prospective activist hoping that she does not belong to the category of "GID" or "Female/Male" from perspectives of sexual dualism and gender criticism. UP:June 23, 2008 REV: TOP HOME(http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/gr/gsce/index-e.htm)* |