Foreword
“Gene, DNA and heredity-roles of the genetic counselors”
Hiraku Takebe
Articles
- “Ethics consultation and narrative competence”
Takanobu Kinjo - “Discussion on Socio-medical, legal and ethical issues concerning blood transfusion-refusal based on religious beliefs”
Sumitoshi Katsumata - “Researcher’s obligations to handle incidental findings and their implications”
Yoshinori Hayashi - “Movement toward the revisions of the bioethics law and the law governing the protection of subjects for research in France: in relation to the situation of neuroethics”
Mari Honda - “Ethical consideration on the validity of placebo control groups in clinical trials”
Takuro Ogaki, Akihiro Fujino
Reports
- “A preliminary study of ethics education for Japanese medical residents”
Toshitaka Araki, Atsushi ASAI - “−Support of self-management behavior of patients with chronic illnesses: teaching or educating patients with diabetes”
Aya Enzo - “New perspectives on terminal care in ancient societies: India, Greece, and Egypt”
Michiyasu Yoshitsugu - “The processes leading to the use of nursing-care facilities: Sons’ support for mothers with dementia”
Rieko Yokose - “Problems considered difficult to resolve by nurses as medical safety managers”
Kyoko Tamura - “Preventing the spread of infectious diseases and limiting individual rights: Ethical issues concerning influenza and the prevention of other infectious diseases”
Taketoshi Okita - “Some thoughts on the rationality and variety of living wills: Original conception by Luis Kutner and transformation in the USA”
Michio Arakawa, Takahiro Hirano, Ryoichi Gomibuchi - “End-of-life care of dialysis patients and advance directives”
Miho Omomo - “International coordination of organ donation systems in the EU, the consent system and its ethical consideration”
Yasue Fukuda - “Issues in evaluating ethics education for nurses and their competency in matters involving ethical judgment and behavior: based upon quantitative surveying of the actual state of clinical nurse’s ethics education and moral sensitivity”
Hisae Mizusawa - “The ethics of maternal-fetal surgery”
Gitaro Hotta, Hiroko Sakurai - “Death with dignity act in Washington State”
Shinobu Gamou, Thomas R. McCormick - “Study on confirmation of intention concerning end-of-life care upon moving into welfare facilities for elderly requiring care”
Mari Tsuruwaka, Yukari Semba - “Critique of the debate on the amendment to the Organ Transplant Law”
Takashi Niina, Daigo Hayashi, Atsushi Terada - “Learning of bioethics in nursing practical training”
Keiko Shibata, Kikuko Kawamoto - “The present situation and future issues of research ethics consultation: consideration from the IMSUT experience”
Ayako Kamisato, Kaori Muto - “A questionnaire survey on the use of placebo in clinical practice by ward head nurses working in hospitals of Japan”
Akira Komatsu, Miho Tanaka