Abstract
In this paper, I will relate and offer an explanation with regard to the narrative of a hemophiliac with HIV. In the early 1980s, doctors infected a large number of hemophiliac patients with AIDS by using blood products that were contaminated with HIV. In Japan, this social problem is called HIV Yakugai. Many hemophiliacs lost their trust in the doctors who had infected them with HIV. When we read the narrative of one patient, we can see the process whereby he lost trust in his doctor who did not inform him of his infection for seven years, and he had criticized the specialist doctors who treated hemophiliac patients. Finally, this patient participated in a legal trial against the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the pharmaceutical companies. On the contrary, one doctor who had infected this patient with HW won his trust because he gave an honest account to the patient. Some years ago, we received narratives of this hemophiliac patient with HIV. In this paper, we will focus on relations between a hemophiliac patient with HIV and his doctor by reading the patient's narratives.
