著者

田村 京子

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

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vol.24, pp.64-74, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

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In July 2005, I investigated the conditions of the dental ethics committees of 29 universities and dental colleges in Japan. Of these, 16 responded to questions sent to them. In this report, I consider the problems pertaining to these dental ethics committees. Some committees are composed of members who are either dental specialists, or dental specialists and natural scientists. However, according to the criteria of the guidelines drafted by the Board of Bioethics and Security of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, there must be at least one external member and one female member on each such committees. In response to the question concerning the ethical problems involved in the process of review of dental research conducted on human subjects, these committees stated that they have almost no such problems. I suspect that the committees' members are unfamiliar with eminent declarations such as, the WMA Declaration of Helsinki and other guidelines, and are not sensitive to ethical issues,; therefore, their review process is thus probably not fair. Such committees also appear insensitive to the ethics of dental education, since they do not provide guidance to students in collecting extracted teeth with informed consent. On the other hand, the ethics committees that follow the criteria of guidelines are sensitive to internal issues, e.g., how the committees are authorized and what qualities are required of members. There is thus a gap in quality among committees. However, this investigation does not clarify the sorts of problems that should be considered ethical. An increase in review of ethical committees is expected. I believe that it is important for such committees to communicate with eath other in clarifying ethical issues, eliminate the gap in quality among committees, and adequately consider their authority and obligations as well as, the requirements concerning the qualities of their members.

著者

工藤 せい子 五十嵐 靖彦

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

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vol.24, pp.75-84, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

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The purpose of this study was to attempt to determine general ideas for addressing ethical issues in nursing practice. The author interviewed nurses who had experienced cases involving care and related ethical issues. The interview data were analyzed using qualitative research methods. The subjects of analysis were the following three cases: 1. A client who was transferred to the hospital for reoperation but died shortly before operation; 2. A client who was in and out of the hospital for more than 10years because of incurable illness; and 3. A client whose last wish was fulfilled in the form of a Christmas party. Analysis showed that ideas for addressing ethical issues converged into two categories. The first included ethical issues, including "role as the client's advocate," "coordination between the client's wishes and the doctor's policy," and "paternalism and maternalism". The other category included issues related to caring, including "learning from the client," "formation of a strong bond resulting from mutual relationship," "involvement as a team," and "departure from medical rules". There were, in addition, three keys to addressing ethical issues that did not fit into either category: "hope for peaceful settlement of affairs," "hope for successful communication," and "wish to be treated indulgently". These three keys are useful both in care for patients and addressing ethical issues.

著者

今井 道夫

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.92-98, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

藤野 昭宏

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.99-100, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

岡田 尊司

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.101-105, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

野田 悦子

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.106-110, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

小松 奈美子 冲永 隆子

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.163-164, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

船木 祝

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

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vol.24, pp.1-9, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

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Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht der Frage nach, ob und inwiefern zwischen dem menschlichen Leben einerseits und dem Nutzen fur die Menschen andererseits eine Abwagung moglich ist. Diese Abwagung legen die stellvertretenden Positionen sowohl im japanischen Schlussbericht uber die Behandlung der menschlichen Embryonen als auch in der deutschen Stellungnahme des Nationalen Ethikrats zu therapeutischem Klonen ihrer Argumentation zugrunde. Im Gegensatz zu dieser Vorgehensweise betont Dietmar Hubner die Prioritat des Abwehrrechts menschlicher Embryonen gegenuber dem Anspruchsrecht der Wissenschaftler. Anselm Winfried Muller seinerseits weist darauf hin, dass man mehr fur Tun verantwortlich sei als fur Lassen. Bei der Embryonenforschung musse man eine grosse Verantwortlichkeit fur den Tod von Embryonen tragen als fur das Ausbleiben von moglichen Fortschritten bei Behandlungsmethoden, welche Kranken zugute kommen konnten. Daruber hinaus gibt Muller Aufschluss uber die radikale Instrumentalisierung. Aus dieser Erorterung lasst sich erkennen, dass die Menschenwurde beim Forschungsklonen starker verletzt wird als bei der verbrauchenden Embryonenforschung, da im ersteren Fall ein Embryo von vornherein nur fur die Nutzung erzeugt wird. Meine Analyse der Differenzierung sowie der Rangordnung bei den Autoren verdeutlicht, dass man nicht bei der oben genannten Abwagung bleiben darf, sondern die Probleme des Embryonenschutzes unter einem anderen Gesichtspunkt betrachten sollte.

著者

児玉 正幸

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.10-20, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

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The reason why the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology has placed severe restraints on preimplantation genetic diagnosis of embryos (PGD) since 1998 lies, except in the fear that PGD will cause discrimination against handicapped people as well as result in life screening, in the following two assertions. (A) PGD technique is still in its research phase, it has low accuracy and its safety has not been established. (B) Restraints will act as a brake on reckless applications, i.e. on commercialistic developments, of PGD. (For example, the clinical application of PGD not only to genetic diseases or recurrent spontaneous abortion due to chromosomal abnormalities, but also to genetic enhancement of mind and body on non-medical grounds) However, the former assertion is being denied by the latest study of actual results over a period of 10 years at the world's three most active PGD centers (the Reproductive Genetics Institute, in Chicago, Illinois; Saint Barnabas Medical Center, West Orange, New Jersey; and SISMER, Bologna, Italy) by Dr. Munne's team. According to Dr. Munne's article (Over a decade of experience with preimplantation genetic diagnosis: a multicenter report. Fertil Steril 82: 292-294, 2004), a total of 754 babies have been born from 4,748 PGD attempts at these three centers, with 207 pregnancies still ongoing. Five misdiagnoses following PGD practice (three cases of trisomy 21, one case of cystic fibrosis and one case of fragile-X syndrome) have been published. The safety of the PGD process is validated by the estimated number of already more than 1000 apparently healthy children born after PGD worldwide. As for the latter assertion, we are of the opinion that this ethical position and the long delay in gaining permission for a single case, discriminates against couples who undergo PGD for reasons of infertility as well as fertile couples who consider this technique for reasons of recurrent pregnancy loss or for being at risk of transmitting genetic diseases to their offspring. Considering the usefulness of PGD in alleviating the load on the mother's womb by pre-birth diagnosis, all applications of PGD based on medical grounds (such as genetic diseases or recurrent spontaneous abortion due to chromosomal abnormalities) should be approved.

著者

堀田 義太郎

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

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vol.24, pp.31-41, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

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In this paper, I examine the condition of living organ donation. In the first part, I show that the principle of voluntary donation is the key to living organ transplantation. In the second part, I examine the debate on living organ donation, especially the moral character of related donation. In the third part, I show that the need for guarantee of voluntary consent for organ donation requires an alternative living organ transplantation system. In order to guarantee the voluntariness of the living-donor, we need to choose another system that does not restrict the donor to related people. In the conclusion, it is recognized that if we should guarantee of the principle of voluntary donation, we would have to undertake this status as a potential donor. If we wouldn't undertake this status, we should refuse the organ-plant medicine itself.

著者

岩江 荘介

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.42-54, 2006-10-24 (Released:2018-02-01)

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Genetic information that results from genetic testing reflects the patient's condition, and a part of it is shared with genetic relatives of the patient. Therefore, in cases in which a patient's genetic information indicates the presence of genetic disease, his genetic relatives may suffer (or have suffered) the same disease, as well. The informational consequences of genetic testing cannot be evaded. Thus, in genetic testing, the issue of treatment of genetic relatives is of great importance. The issues of breaching of confidentiality and the duty to warn by physicians have been discussed in accepted theories of bioethics. In such theories, the duty to warn genetic of risk of disease relatives is considered a benefit to them, though this does not take into account the disadvantages to genetic relatives of being informed of disease, e.g.,, distress after being informed that they have the risk of genetic disease. In this paper, I discuss handling of such information from a viewpoint other than that of breaching of confidentiality by physicians. It is important to recognize that genetic relatives have two rights, 'to know' and 'not to know' about their risk of genetic disease. In modern medicine, we accept the principle of self-determination. But, in genetic testing, we must take account of the genetic relatives' rights at the same time. I examine how genetic relatives should participate in genetic testing.

著者

村岡 潔

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.107-114, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

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Etiology is the study of the cause of disease or illness. The development of bacteriology in the 19th century saw the corresponding development of "specific etiology", which postulates that infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic organisms, such as the tubercle bacillus, that invade the human body and bring about a failure of homeostasis of the human being. Specific etiology has for two centuries been the central dogma of modern medicine used to explain the causality of numerous diseases, such as infectious diseases, cancers, and genetic diseases, by using models of a unique pathogenic agent, a bacteria or virus; a cancer cell; or an "abnormal" gene as the pathogen of the disease, respectively. The aim of this paper is to criticize the role of specific etiology by examining its social role and logical weaknesses, by examining the deterministic character of the etiology, and by comparing the "pathogen-carrier" ideology derived from the etiology with the pluralistic etiology of hygiene in the 19th century. This paper concludes that specific etiology can easily mislead medical professionals and lay people in that their understanding of "pathogen-carrier" ideology results in their perceiving infected persons as dirty and dangerous as the pathogenic organism itself, with the result that the infected persons are victimized and discriminated against.

著者

杉岡 良彦

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.115-124, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

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About fifty years ago, Hisayuki Omodaka set out a "philosophy of medicine" comprising three important and closely related philosophies: the philosophy of science, the philosophy of life and the philosophy of medicine. Medicine has changed dramatically since Omodaka's time, especially with the development of molecular biology, which has brought new forms of diagnosis and new therapies for patients and in turn altered humanity's view of life. The purpose of this paper is to reexamine Omodaka's philosophy of medicine to determine whether it continues to offer some benefit to modern medicine. Omodaka described the human body as having two conflicting and mutually dependent natures, one without extensibility ("α") and the other with extensibility ("β"). The former enables our bodies to be active and is the reason our bodies function harmoniously. We now know that scientific approaches describe in detail the molecular mechanisms of life, with genes having the ability, for example, to begin transcription after transcriptional factors bind to the specific binding motif located throughout the DNA. This reflects the nature of "α". Therefore, molecular biology does not necessarily deny or devalue Omodaka's philosophy of medicine. Omodaka explained that the purpose of his philosophy of medicine was to reflect the present state of medicine, clarify the principles on which that medicine was based, and try to establish better medicine for the people. As has been discussed by many authors, science does not have the ability to reflect science itself. The nature of science lies in "control", as pointed out by Henri Bergson. Therefore, in order to clarify the principles of medicine, develop better medical education and provide better medical care, scientific methods are not sufficient, and a "philosophy of medicine" is indispensable to the achievement of a better medicine.

著者

今井 竜也

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.125-130, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

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Article 3 of Japan's Organ Transplant Law requires the national and local governments to work to foster public understanding of transplantation medicine. This requirement, however, has not been adequately fulfilled. Consequently, public awareness and understanding of organ transplantation are not necessarily widespread. As a result of this context, organ transplants from living donors are rapidly increasing in Japan. Kidney transplants from living donors performed in Japan to date number more than 1,500, and these, along with liver transplants from living donors, are becoming common. At the same time, developments such as debate over the nominative donations to relatives and organ-swap transplants are stimulating reconsideration of existing concepts of organ transplantation. This article examines the current organ donation environment in Japan and proposes a direction for Japan to take in future.

著者

朝倉 輝一

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.131-134, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

樫 則章

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.135-138, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

丸本 百合子

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.139-144, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

齋藤 有紀子

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.145-149, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

立岩 真也

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.151-155, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)

著者

奈良 雅俊

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.157-161, 2005-10-26 (Released:2018-02-01)