Red tape, public fears frustrate advocates of organ transplants
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25/10/1998
One year after the Diet passed a bill allowing organ transplants from those who are brain-dead, not a single transplant has been conducted in Japan. Critics of the Organ Transplantation Act, passed last October, say its requirements are too strict to allow for organ donations that would make the transplants possible. Public opinion also keeps doctors from asking about organ donations in emergency situatons, critics say.