The organ transplant law of Japan - The past, the present, and the future

Journal International de Bioethique

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages

  Kondo, Kazuya ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain death; Japan; Legislation; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Organ transplantation; Scarcity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAW; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; ORGAN AND TRANSPLANT LAW 1997 (JAPAN);

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BRAIN DEATH; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PRESUMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 29544441590     PISSN: 11450762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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