title: Organ transplantation and brain-death in Japan. Cultural, legal and bioethical background.
authors.affiliation: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. rihitok@mxy.meshnet.or.jp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D001926:Brain Death / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*