For more on organ donation in the United States and Japan, visit the following
sites: http://www.jotnw.or.jp/english_top/englishtop.html
Japan Organ Transplant Network http://www.pntb.org/adoutdon.html
Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank: Donation Questions and Answers http://www.transweb.org/default.htm
TransWeb http://www.unos.org United Network for
Organ Sharing http://www.organdonor.gov U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services: Organ Donation http://www.med.miami.edu/OPO/home.htm
University of Miami Organ Procurement Organization: Religious Views on Organ
Donation http://www.medscape.com/medscape/transplantation/journal/2000/v01.n02/mt0425.wick/mt0425.wick.html
Wicks, M. N.: Brain Death and Transplantation: The Japanese http://www.ama-assn.org/ethic/vm/journal/icm80166.htm
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