Contemporary Japan

Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Revised Edition), vol. 3.,
© 1995 by Warren T. Reich, pp. 1496-1505.

Medical Ethics, History of South and East Asia
[D. JAPAN]
"D-2. CONTEMPORARY JAPAN"
RIHITO KIMURA
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
LAURA BISHOP
*****CONTENTS*****

D-2CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
  • Confucian virtues in a paternalistic medical tradition (1868-1937)
  • Medical loyalty to state and authority (1938-1968)
  • Communal involvement in medical decision making (1969-1990s)
    ______* Organ transplantation.
    ______* Criteria for death.
    ______* Truth-telling and death educatio.n
    ______* Euthanasia.
    ______* Treatment of the mentally ill.
    ______* Education of the public in bioethics.
    ______* Ethics committees: Reproductive interventions.
    ______* Bioethics organizations.
    ______* Bioethics education and publications.
  • Concluding remarks
  • Bibliography

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