Foreword

“Bioethics, My Personal Experience”
Yasushi TSUKAMOTO

Articles

“Ethical issues on the conceptions of “RISUKU” (risks) and “SINSHU” (invasiveness) in the new national ethical guidelines for medical and health research involving human subjects”
Kenji MATSUI

“Euthanasia as “Resignation”: the view of euthanasia by Ogai Mori”
Junsei JUDAI

“Human dignity and discourse”
Toshihiko DOHZONO

“Current ethics education in Kaigofukushishi (care worker) training courses at universities in terms of syllabus through analysis of syllabus details”
Masumi SUMITA

“An analysis of ethical issues of ART in Japan: From an historical survey of the AID technology pioneer in Japan”
Takae ONO

Reports

“Grandchildren’s responsibility of care for elderly people and ethical problems”
Rieko YOKOSE

“The debate on preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Germany: Recent affairs and the opinion of German Ethics Council in 2011”
Soichiro OGURA

“Semantics of bioethics”
Hideto SAKAMOTO

“Medical futility in neonates with severe impairment”
Yoshinori MORI

“Advance care planning processes and specific assistance: Through analysis of the timing of the confirmation of the intentions of care recipients by visiting nurses”
Mari TSURUWAKA, Miho OMOMO, Masumi SUMITA

“Ethical considerations of clinical trials during the Ebola epidemic”
Masayoshi TARUI, Yuki MAEHIRA

“Analysis of legal exegeses regarding the Kawasaki Kyodo Hospital case”
Miho TANAKA, Satoshi KODAMA”

“Survey of medical student’s awareness of life concerning the option of childbearing and work”
Megumi KONDO-Arita, Takashi INAMOTO

“Mitochondrial replacement and the problem of “three genetic parents””
Tomohide IBUKI

“Is there any proper place for narrative ethics in clinical ethics?”
Kenji HATTORI

“The ‘packaging of ethical judgment’ and its moral responsibility”
Yasushi ISHIDA

“Human experiments on infants in the 1950s in Japan”
Kashimi YOSHIDA

“Making place for understanding the way of life and mutual supporting: Research on the citizen participatory program on end-of-life care”
Zaiya TAKAHASHI, Noriko IWAKI, Hiroko NAGAE, Mina ISHIMARU, Naomi SHIMIZU, Teruko YOSHIMOTO

“Learning about bioethics in a teacher-training course through studying the history of Hansen’s Disease patients in Japan”
Ryuta TSUBOI

“Ethical problems surrounding the creation of reproductive cells and embryos from human pluripotent cells: Referring to discussions in France”
Yasushi KOIDE