Bioethics and Socio-Legal Aspects of the Elderly in Japan: With Special Reference to Life-Sustaining Technologies
  • LAW IN EAST AND WEST, edited by / herausgegeben von Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University, Waseda University Press, Tokyo, 1988, pp. 175-200.
    ["RECHT IN OST UND WEST", Festschrift zum 30-jährigen Jubiläum des Instituts für Rechtsvergleichung der Waseda Universität, Tokio, 1988, pp. 175-200.]
  • On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University.

    • Rihito Kimura

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    I. Background: The Elderly in Japan
    __________A. The Uniqueness of the Aged Japanese Population
    __________B. Health of the Elderly in Japan
    II. Cultural, Bioethical, and Legal Aspects of Treating the Aged
    __________A. Foregoing Treatment in Japan: The Legal Problems
    III. Financing Health Care and the Right to Treatment
    ______Japanese Medical and Health Care Legislation for the Elderly:
    ______1963 to 1985
    IV. Technological Issues
    ______Related to Geriatric Care of the Critically and Terminally Ill Elderly
    __________A. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
    __________B. Nutritional Support
    __________C. Resuscitation
    __________D. Ventilation
    __________E. Antibiotics
    V. Concluding Remarks
    Footnotes
    Charts & Tables
    Acknowledgements

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