Organ transplantation and brain-death in Japan. Cultural, legal and bioethical background.

Keywords: Bioethics, Brain Death - legislation & jurisprudence, Cultural Characteristics, Ethics, Medical, Family, Heart Transplantation - legislation & jurisprudence, Japan, Organ Transplantation - ethics, Organ Transplantation - legislation & jurisprudence, Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics, Tissue and Organ Procurement - legislation & jurisprudence