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Dying in the USA and Japan: selected legal and ethical issues
Author(s) -
Davis Anne,
Mitoh Takkako
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1466-7657.46.no.5issue347.10.x
Subject(s) - ethical issues , face (sociological concept) , political science , social issues , cultural issues , nursing , sociology , law , cultural diversity , medicine , engineering ethics , social science , engineering
While Japan and the USA are culturally different, they face many of the same ethical and legal issues in the area of death and dying. Facing these issues at different times and in different ways, both countries have sought solutions that fit their own social values and traditions.