Atsushi Asai
Professor
Department of Medical Ethics
Tohoku University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Atsushi Asai, is Professor of Medical Ethics, at Tohoku University School of medicine. He is M.D., M. Bioeth. and Ph.D. His research themes are Research on ethical problems in contemporary Japanese society, Studies to develop clinical ethics consultation in Japanese clinical settings, Investigation concerning public heath ethics and human rights. Research Keywords for him are clinical ethics, research ethics, public health ethics, medical professionalism, contemporary ethics issues.
Research Interest
Normative analysis, descriptive ethics methods, ethics committee activities, ethics consultation interventions, medical humanities approach
Publications
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Fukusho, T., & Asai, A. (2003). U.S. Patent No. 6,614,479. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Asai, A., Ohnishi, M., Nagata, S. K., Tanida, N., & Yamazaki, Y. (2001). Doctors9 and nurses9 attitudes towards and experiences of voluntary euthanasia: survey of members of the Japanese Association of Palliative Medicine. Journal of Medical Ethics, 27(5), 324-330.
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Asai, A. (1995). Should physicians tell patients the truth?. Western Journal of Medicine, 163(1), 36.
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Asai, A., Maekawa, M., Akiguchi, I., Fukui, T., Miura, Y., Tanabe, N., & Fukuhara, S. (1999). Survey of Japanese physicians9 attitudes towards the care of adult patients in persistent vegetative state. Journal of Medical Ethics, 25(4), 302-308.
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Nagataâ€Kobayashi, S., Sekimoto, M., Koyama, H., Yamamoto, W., Goto, E., Fukushima, O., ... & Koizumi, S. (2006). Medical student abuse during clinical clerkships in Japan. Journal of general internal medicine, 21(3), 212-218.
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Asai, A., Lo, B., & Fukuhara, S. (1995). Attitudes of Japanese and Japanese-American physicians towards life-sustaining treatment. The Lancet, 346(8971), 356-359.
