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Perspectives on advance directives in Japanese society: A population-based questionnaire survey

Akira Akabayashi1,2*, Brian T Slingsby2 and Ichiro Kai3

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Biomedical Ethics, School of Health Science and Nursing, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

2 Department of Biomedical Ethics, School of Public Health, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

3 Department of Social Gerontology, School of Health Science and Nursing, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

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BMC Medical Ethics 2003, 4:5 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-4-5

Published: 31 October 2003

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Appendix: Survey concerning Advance Directive

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