Published in Hastings Center Report , 2001. We proposed that the prior declaration of a brain dead child should be respected, and that when the child does not have a donor card the organ removal should be prohibited. A material for understanding an unprecedented bioethics debate now occurring in Japan. See also Special Report on this topic. Brain death and organ transplants debates in Japan are examined from the view point of comparative culture.
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Japanese bioethics began in 1972 as feminist bioethics. If you do not, read this. Published in 1998 .