Medical law and ethics in abortion--results of a comparative study in Japan and Germany.
Based on interviews with 180 women in Ube, Japan, and 200 woman in Mainz, Germany, the authors report on different opinions on reproductive medicine, with particular reference to abortion. In the light of the historical German-Japanese legal relationship, the latest ruling of the Bundesverfassungsgericht on abortion is discussed, with some remarks from J. Reiter on its social ethics.
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Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Mainz, Germany.
Falke-White
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Hattori
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D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004989:Ethics; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007564:Japan; D011247:Pregnancy; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology