01547nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001600055653003300071653002600104653001000130653001000140653001200150100001000162245008200172300001100254490000700265520105500272022001401327       2003                            d  c2003 Jul10aColonialism10aCommunicable Disease Control10aHistory, 20th Century10aJapan10aKorea10aleprosy1 aLu HM00a[A study on the measures against Hansen's disease during the Colonial Korea].  a223-610 v493 a<p>In order to evaluate the measures taken against Hansen's diseases during the colonial era in Korea, from 1910-1945, I analyzed both Korean and Japanese materials and carried out field research. The Korean government-general established a hospital in 1916 and executed measures against Hansen's disease. These efforts can be divided into three periods. At first they started as a part of colonial policy. Then, in the middle period, with the change of Japanese policy on Hansen's disease, a Korean association was established and the Hansen's Disease Prevention Act was issued in Korea, aiming at the compulsory isolation of lepers. In the later period, during the war, the inmates were forced into an extremely severe environment and deprived of their human rights. My study shows that their policies changed greatly with the passage of time. Though they started them to relieve the suffering of the lepers in the beginning, they turned to be compulsory isolation of the patients in the later period and to the violation of their human rights.</p>  a0549-3323