2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of proxy medical decision-making law
| Project/Area Number |
25500006
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Bioethics
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
JINNO Reisei 広島大学, 法務研究科, 教授 (80330950)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 成年後見 / インフォームド・コンセント |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
When incapacitated patients are unable to make their own medical decisions, in Japan their close family members usually make decisions for such patients. But in foreign law, it is sometimes necessary for the courts to appoint a guardian for incapacitated patients. Besides the court must definitely authorize the guardian's decision when the medical procedure involves a substantial risk to the patient's life. Because of a low birthrate and growing nuclear family, the number of elderly people who live alone is increasing. Japan needs to enact the law that decides who makes medical decisions for patients incapable of making their own.
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| Free Research Field |
民法
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