Winners and Articles

Vol.16 No.1 (2006)

• Hitoshi Arima
  On the boundary of 'self-interest' : Irreversible loss of cerebral functioning and proxy decision-making
• Yusuke Inoue
  Reorganization of the regulatory system for using living human embryos in the UK. (co-author: Ayako Kamisato)

Vol.17 No.1 (2007)

• Yuichiro Sato
  Procedural due process in the investigation of research misconduct
• Soichiro Ogura
  The problem of obligatory "pregnancy conflict counseling" in Germany

Vol.18 No.1 (2008)

• Mari Tsuruwaka
  Study of Hansen’s disease in Taiwan: From hearing of patients who had Hansen’s disease

Vol.19 No.1 (2009)

• Waki Toya
  Why is permitted to utilize ART? the possibility of diversity in the shape of families by sexual minority
• Souichiro Toda
  Constructing a valid rehabilitation of disorders of consciousness: the clues obtained from a meta-analysis of the misdiagnosis rate

Vol.20 No.1 (2010)

• Miho Omomo
  End-of-life care of dialysis patients and advance directives
• Takanobu Kinjo
  Ethics consultation and narrative competence
• Taketoshi Okita
  Preventing the spread of infectious diseases and limiting individual rights: ethical issues concerning influenza and the prevention of other infectious diseases

Vol.21 No.1 (2011)

• Takiko Kato
  Rethinking medical futility: Is the notion of “medical futility” valid in clinical situations?

Vol.22 No.1 (2012)

• Kyoko Takashima
  Controversy in the UK on assisted dying and “suicide tourism” to Switzerland: Possible effects of cross-border health care on domestic regulations. (co-author: Satoshi Kodama)

Vol.23 No.1 (2013)

• Tomohide Ibuki
  Is there a parental duty to bear the best child possible? A critical analysis of a bioethical controversy on PGD. (co-author: Satoshi Kodama)
• Yicheng Chung
  Debates on end-of-life care and the legalization of “natural death” in Taiwan: the practice of terminal discharge and the Hospice and Palliative Care

Vol.24 No.1 (2014)

• Koichi Jimba
  Ethical ambiguity concerning the legal duty of confidentiality
• Masanori Oikawa
  Requirements for general consent and their ethical underpinnings:  considering the ideal form of general consent. (co-authors: Misao Fujita, Akira Akabayashi)

Vol.25 No.1 (2015)

• Miki Kawabaya
  Public Bath Movements in the West and the Japanese Municipal Public Bath System: Focusing on the concept of body and morality

Vol.26 No.1 (2016)

• Kashimi Yoshida
  Human experiments on infants in the 1950s in Japan

Vol.27 No.1 (2017)

• Shino Okajima
  Practical Wisdom for Ethical Issues in Perioperative Nursing. (co-author: Akihiro Shuda)

Vol.28 No.1 (2018)

• Yusuke Fukuya
  The brain drain and freedom of movement

Vol.29 No.1 (2019)

• Akira Nakazawa
  Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and information disclosure

Vol.30 No.1 (2020)

• Tadashi Kawasaki
  The Concept of Vulnerability in Research Ethics

Vol.31 No.1 (2021)

• Yutori TAKAI
  Ethical Issues of Clinical Trials that Exclude Pregnant Women (co-author: Kenji MATSUI )
• Yuko MURAOKA
  Issues Caused by Regulations on the Use of Genetic Information:
  A Study Based on a Case in Ｗhich the Insurer Was Exempted from Liability under the Congenital Anomaly Clause (co-author: Kazuto KATO)

Vol.32 No.1 (2022)

• Shohei SUZUKI
  A Current State and ELSI of Carrier Screening for Autosomal Recessive Disease (co-authors: Yuki KAWAMURA, Kyoko TAKASHIMA, Reiko ARAKAWA. Kenji MATSUI. Keiichiro YAMAMOTO )

Vol.33 No.1 (2023)

• Momoko SATO
  Examination of the Concept of FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent) with Reference to the Draft Ethical Guidelines for Research on Ainu People (co-authors: Yusuke INOUE, Kaori MUTO）