Brain Death and Transplantation in Japan, by Masahiro Morioka

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In Japan, where the 1997 Organ Transplant Law admits it, a significant proportion of people reject it and do not think that "the essence of humans lies in self-consciousness and rationality" (Morioka 2001, 44).



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