title: The organ transplant law of Japan--the past, the present, and the future.
abstract: The Organ Transplant Law of Japan, which regulates organ transplants using brain-dead persons' organs, has a set of extremely severe intention-requirements. It has stagnated, rather than promoted, the organ transplant in Japan for the last 8 years. We believe that the Law should be reformed by making an about-face from the current "opt-in" to the "opt-out" principle.
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa University Law School, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D019724:Presumed Consent; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*