Organ Donation in Japan - A Medical Anthropological Study

In this book, Maria-Keiko Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ shortages and the lowest numbers of organ donations among medically advanced countries. This is the first book to delve into the challenging and taboo Japanese concepts of life and death surrounding organ transplantation.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Narratives of Transplant Surgeons and Coordinators
Chapter 2 Narratives of Recipients
Chapter 3 Narratives of Donor Families
Chapter 4 The Buds of Interrelationships among Concerned Parties
Chapter 5 Transforming Concepts of Life
Conclusion Rebirthable Life
Afterword My Father's Funeral in Japan, August 2014
Appendix Japanese Organ Transplantation Law
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Maria-Keiko Yasuoka

Summary

In this book, Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ shortages and the lowest numbers of organ donations among medically advanced countries. This is the first book to delve into the challenging and taboo Japanese concepts of life and death surrounding organ transplantation.

Product details

• Authors: Yasuoka Maria-Keiko Yasuoka, Maria-Keiko Yasuoka, Yasuoka Maria-Keiko
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498515689
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1568-9
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, MEDICAL / Surgery / Transplant, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Transplant Surgery, Medical Sociology, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying