American University of Sovereign Nations

Atsushi Asai, Medical Ethics
Faculty

Atsushi Asai, M.D., Ph.D., M.BioEth.

AUSN Visiting Professor of Medical Ethics

Professor of Medical Ethics, Department of Medical Ethics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan

Former Vice-President for Japan of Asian Bioethics Association

 

Featured AUSN Video lectures (Youtube links)

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst: A study on ethical concerns related to the introduction of healthcare artificial intelligence in Japan

Should we try to create a perfect healthy utopia? Discussion concerning ethical issues presented in the world of Project Itoh’s Harmony  

 

Education

Doctor of Medical Science (by thesis only), Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (1999)

Master in Bioethics, Monash University, Faculty of Arts, Melbourne, Australia (1999)

Bachelor in Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan (1988)

 
Academic Appointments

Featured recent publications

Sakiko Masaki, Hiroko Ishimoto, Atsushi Asai. Contemporary issues concerning informed consent in Japan based on a review of court decisions and characteristics of Japanese culture. BMC Medical Ethics 2014, 15:8 (4 February 2014)

Kayoko Tsunematsu, Atsushi Asai. Analysis of “care” and “justice” involved in moral reasoning of nurse based on the Gilligan theory: A literature review using the Gilligan’s protocol. Open Journal of Nursing 2014;4:101-9.

Noriko Nagao, Yasuhiro Kadooka and Atsushi Asai. Comparison of Ethical Judgment Exhibited by Clients and Ethics Consultants in Japan. BMC Medical Ethics 2014, 15:19 (4 March 2014)

Atsushi Asai, Yasuhiro Kadooka, Sakiko Masaki. Doubt the Analects: An educational session using the Analects in medical ethics in Japan. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 2014;24:138-141.

Atsushi Asai Application of Takahashi’s Three-Level Structure Analysis to Biomedical Ethics in End-of-Life Care in East Asia in Consideration of Future Normative Ethical Directions: A Brief Report. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 2014;24:76-81.

Atsushi Asai, Hiroko Ishimoto, Sakiko Masaki An ethical review of the production of human skeleton models from autopsied patients with Hansen’s disease in pre-war Japan. Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 2014; 33: 153-161.

Hiroko Ishimoto, Sakiko Masaki Atsushi Asai, Should an Incapacitated Patient’s Refusal of Treatment Be Respected? Discussion of a Hypothetical Case Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 2015; 25:112-9.

Yasuhiro Kadooka, Taketoshi Okita, Atsushi Asai.  Ethical Obligations in the Face of Dilemmas Concerning Patient Privacy and Public Interests: The Sasebo Schoolgirl Murder Case. Bioethics 2016 Sep;30(7):520-7. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12249. Epub 2016 Feb 1.

Atsushi Asai, Taketoshi Okita, Aya Enzo. Conflicting messages concerning current strategies against research misconduct in Japan: A call for ethical spontaneity 2016 Aug;42(8):524-7. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103318. Epub 2016 Apr 20..

Sakiko Masaki, Hiroko Ishimoto, Yasuhiro Kadooka, and Atsushi Asai. Should a Brain-dead pregnant woman be provided somatic support to save the life of the fetus? Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 2016;26: 130-137.

Aya Enzo, Taketoshi Okita, Atsushi Asai. JAPANESE BIOETHICAL CHALLENGES CONCERNING SELF-MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS:AN ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND AUTONOMY. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 2016;26:175-180..

Taketoshi Okita, Aya enzo, Atsushi Asai. Health promotion" through a critique of the Japanese health promotion policy. Public Health Ethics 2016 In press.

Yasuhiro Kadooka, Atsushi Asai, Sakiko Masaki, Kuniko Aizawa. Should an elderly demented patient undergo invasive cancer treatments?: A breakthrough approach in procedural decision-making. EJAIB 2017, in press

Atsushi Asai, Taketoshi Okita, Aya enzo, Yasuhiro Kadooka. Contemporary ethical implications of Shusaku Endo’s The Sea and Poison”Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies.. 2017 in press.

Yasuhiro Kadooka; Atsushi Asai, Aya Enzo, Taketoshi Okita. Misuse of emergent healthcare in contemporary Japan. BMC Emergency Medicine, 201717:23

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-017-0135-4

Atsushi Asai, Taketoshi Okita,Masashi Tanaka , Yasuhiro Kadooka."A critical discussion of arguments against the introduction of a two-tier healthcare system in Japan" Asian Bioethics Review 2017, in press. (DOI 10.1007/s41649-017-0023-y)

Miki Fukuyama, Atsushi Asai, Taeko Hanada, Kenji Sakai, and Yasuhiro Kadooka. Investigating the decision-making process and associated factors in elderly patients with acute leukemia in Japan. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 2017.