Bioethics
Researchers' work from National Tokyo Medical Center, Division of Clinical Epidemiology focuses on bioethics
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, September 28th, 2007
Current study results from the report, "Acculturation and end-of-life decision making: comparison of Japanese and Japanese-American focus groups," have been published. According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "Variation in decision-making about end-of-life care among ethnic groups creates clinical conflicts. In order to understand changes in preferences for end-of-life care among Japanese who immigrate to the United States, we conducted 18 focus groups with 122 participants: 65 English-speaking Japanese Americans, 29 Japanese-speaking Japanese Americans and 28 Japanese living in Japan."
"Negative feelings toward living in adverse health states and receiving...
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