title: Dying in the USA and Japan: selected legal and ethical issues.
abstract: While Japan and the USA are culturally different, they face many of the same ethical and legal issues in the area of death and dying. Facing these issues at different times and in different ways, both countries have sought solutions that fit their own social values and traditions.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003643:Death; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D014481:United States