How to Reforge the Lost Chances?Organ Donation in Japan

Authors

  • Sylwia Maria Olejarz Cardinal Stephan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Centre for Human Ecology and Bioethics Faculty of Christian Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology Author

Keywords:

organ transplantation, gift, Japan

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the complex situation of organ donation (from brain-dead donors) in Japan and to make an insight into the multifaceted context of amendments in the organ transplantation law (in 2009).

References

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2. Inoue Y., Hong H. Cadaveric Donation and the Family: Perspectives from the Legal History of Japan, Asian Bioethics Rev., 2009; 1(4): 342-353.

3. The Japanese Organ Transplantation Network: http://www.jotnw.or.jp/datafile/offer/index.html

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Published

2010-11-05

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2010): Current Problems of Psychiatry

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