A comparative study related to the legal system for palliative care

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870294
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: New fields of law; Criminal law
• Research Institution: Dokkyo University (2015-2016); Shizuoka University (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: Jimba Koichi 獨協大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60515419)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 医事法 / 生命倫理 / 終末期医療 / 安楽死 / 尊厳死 / 緩和ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study introduces a structure of norms related to the medical progress in the field of terminal care. Although this tremendous progress is controversial as ethical issues, the ground of legal restrictions seems to be much clearer in foreign countries than in Japan. In order to explain the structure of norms in this field and to deal with a problem in possible future development, this study analyses carefully at a number of important differences in the interpretations and discourses of the actual discussion in foreign countries for policymaking strategies in Japan.

Free Research Field

刑事法・医事法