Ethical Issues Around the Withdrawal of Dialysis Treatment in Japan

In Japan, terminating life-sustaining treatment (LST) in non-terminal patients is legally and ethically problematic given the lack of legal regulations regarding the termination of LST, including dialysis treatment. This article describes an ethically problematic case that happened at a hospital in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Asian bioethics review 2020-03, Vol.12 (1), p.51-57
Hauptverfasser:	Tanaka, Miho, Kodama, Satoshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Autonomy Bioethics Biomedicine Commentary Dialysis Education Ethics Health Administration Hemodialysis Medical Law Patients Philosophy Public Health
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