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2. 2) Aita K, Life Sustaining Care and Clinical Settings: The Medical Ethics of Artificial Respirators and Gastric Fistula, University of Tokyo Press, 2011
3. 3) The Basic Stance and Requests of the Japan Neurological Society regarding Organ Transplant Law: July 29, 1997, Steering Committee of the Japan Neurosurgical Society
4. 4) Japanese Association for Acute Medicine: Proposals for Terminal Care in Emergency Medicine (Guidelines), November 16, 2007
5. 5) The Japan Council of Organ Transplantation Related Academic Societies (JCOTRAS): Proposals from The Organ Donation System Maintenance Committee, January 14, 2015