From agape to organs: Religious difference between Japan and America in judging the ethics of the transplant

Zygon

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 623-642

  Lafleur, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agape; Altruism; Autopsies; Bioethics; Brain death; Buddhism; Cadavers; Cartesianism; Confucianism; Determination of death; Harvard medical school; Jeremy bentham; Joseph Fletcher; Medical miracles; Ogiwara makoto; Organ transplantation; Religious difference; Utilitarianism; Waste; Window of opportunity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; JAPAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; SECULARISM; SHINTOISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; SHINTOISM;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; BUDDHISM; CADAVER; CHRISTIANITY; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURE; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; JAPAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SECULARISM; SOCIAL VALUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3843122115     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9744.00441     Document Type: Article

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