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Title: Defining death : organ transplants, tradition and technology in Japan
Author/Creator: E. A. Feldman

Description: This article explores Japanese attitudes about brain death and organ transplantation. First, ancient burial customs and death-related rituals associated with Shinto and Buddhism are examined. Next, contemporary attitudes towards the dead are discussed in the context of current controversies surrounding brain death and organ transplantation. Finally, an attempt is made to link the traditional Japanese views of death with modern medical dilemmas.

Publisher Place: Oxford
Publisher: Pergamon
Normalized publisher place: New York, NY
Oxford
Published Date: 1988
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(88)90267-5
Subject: Death
History of Medicine
Religion and medicine
Organ donation
Japan
Brain Death
Organ transplantation
Classification: Buddhism and Science -- Related Humanities -- Ethics -- Buddhist Ethics
Buddhism and Science -- Related Humanities -- Ethics -- Bioethics
Buddhism and Science -- Medicine -- Medical Ethics -- Organ Donation
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Source URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02779536
Source: Social science & medicine (1982)
Source Volume: 27
Source Number: 4
Source Page Numbers: 339-343
Start Date: 1982
Submissions: Guide for authors
ISBN/ISSN: 0277-9536
Location and access number: 3051424

Means of availability: See the journal's webpage or check with library for information on archived issues of this journal.

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Date Last Modified: 2006-05-15 16:48:48
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