title: Ethics of organ transplantation in Japan: an example of cultural transplantation in medicine.
abstract: Since the passage of the Organ Transplant Law in October 1997, only nine persons declared dead by neurological criteria have donated their organs in Japan. This article is an attempt by Japanese anesthesiologists to introduce the cultural and moral justification of Japanese transplant practice to the international community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Ichihara Hospital, Chiba, Japan. ynakata@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita