Response of Buddhism and Shintō to the Issue of Brain Death and Organ Transplant
Japan has no law recognizing the condition of brain death as the standard for determining that an individual has died. Instead, it is customary medical practice to declare a person dead when three conditions have been met: cessation of heart beat, cessation of respiration, and opening of the pupils....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1994
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1994, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 585-601 |
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| Summary: | Japan has no law recognizing the condition of brain death as the standard for determining that an individual has died. Instead, it is customary medical practice to declare a person dead when three conditions have been met: cessation of heart beat, cessation of respiration, and opening of the pupils. Of the developed nations, only Japan and Israel do not recognize brain death as the death of the human person. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100005478 |