New Perspectives in Japanese Bioethics

by Alexandra Perry

Post-war Japan has seen profound and rapid social change and transformation. One of the most visible areas of change in Japan has been medicine, and particularly the ethical practices and policies that guide medical decision-making. The formal discipline of bioethics, Seimei Rinri in Japanese, has grown by leaps and bounds since the late 1970s, when it began to appear in the curriculum and professional activities of Japanese medical schools and philosophy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443871176
• ISBN13: 9781443871174
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Length: 140 Pages