[Organ transplantation and religious feeling of Japanese people against it].
More than one year and six months have passed since the provisional committee on Brain Death has recognized brain death as the death of a human being, and the possibility of organ transplantation from the dead patient after brain death has been confirmed. However, no operation has been performed since then because of many obstacles. One of them is a cultural resistance which Japanese people have against the organ transplantation from a dead person whose heart is still beating. This resistance is based on religious feelings which have been cultivated through the long history of Japan. For opinion makers working professionally in the medical filed, what are the important points which should be examined in order to promote organ transplantation? In this paper or article, I will try to analyze this cultural and religious resistance against it.
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Department of Psychosomatic Disease, St. Martin's Hospital.
D001290:Attitude; D001926:Brain Death; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014019:Tissue Donors