@article{ref1,
title="Euthanasia and death with dignity in Japanese law",
journal="Journal de Medecine Legale Droit Medical",
year="2012",
author="Kai, K.",
volume="55",
number="3-4",
pages="217-223",
abstract="In Japan, there are no acts and, specific provisions or official guidelines on euthanasia, but recently, as I will mention below, an official guideline on &quot;death with dignity&quot; has been made. Nevertheless in fact, this guideline provides only a few rules of process on terminal care. Therefore the problems of euthanasia and &quot;death with dignity&quot; are mainly left to the legal interpretation by literatures and judicial precedents of homicide (Article 199 of the Criminal Code; where there is no distinction between murder and manslaughter) and of homicide with consent (Article 202 of the Criminal Code). Furthermore, there are several cases on euthanasia or &quot;death with dignity&quot; as well as borderline cases in Japan. In this paper I will present the situation of the latest discussions on euthanasia and &quot;death with dignity&quot; in Japan from the viewpoint of medical law. Especially, &quot;death with dignity&quot; is seriously discussed in Japan, therefore I focus on it.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0249-6208",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}