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TANAKA Miho

Department / Course Ritsumeikan University Graduate School Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences Major in Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences

Job

Books and theses
Books		Hospice Palliative Care White Paper 2024 (Co-authored) 2024/03/29
Books		Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis (Co-authored) 2023/02/28
Papers		An exploration of person-centred approach in end-of-life care policies in England and Japan BMC Palliative Care 21 (1),pp.68 (Co-authored) 2022/05/11
Papers		The challenges in advance care planning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Focusing on discussions in North American countries and the UK Journal of Patient Safety & Conflict Management,pp.22-31 (Sole-authored) 2022/03
Papers		Understanding Japan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Medical Ethics 48 (3),pp.173-173 (Co-authored) 2022/03
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Academic background
2010/04～2012/03	Master Course School of Public Health Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences The University of Tokyo Completed Master of Public Health (衛生学、公衆衛生学分野：実験系を含む)

Academic conference attendance and presentation
2024/10/12	The Protection of Genetic Information and the Ethics thereof: a Comparative Study of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Human Genetics)
2024/06/05	Concerns about Treatment Withdrawal at the End of Life Raised by People with Disabilities in Japan (The World Congress of Bioethics (WCB) 2024 in Doha, Qatar)
2024/02/28	Advance Care Planning in Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison with Those of the UK and USA (Kyoto Workshop on the ethical issues at the end of life in Korea and Japan)
2023/12/09	Cultural and social characteristics on end-of-life care in Japan: focusing on 'feelings of being a burden to others' (Japan Association for Bioethics 35th annual meeting)
2023/11/04	Review of public policies and incidents of end-of-life care in Japan over the past decade (Yonsei-Kyoto Workshop “The Ethics and Law of End of Life Care: East Asian Perspective”)
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Research activities
	European Association for Palliative Care

Present specialized field
Bioethics keyword(end of life care, palliative care, social isolation, medical ethics, patients decision making, advance care planing, COVID-19)

Works
2023/08/21	A current state of end-of-life care in Japan: focusing on policy and social/cultural characteristics (Online)
2021/06/27	The ethical and social challenges posed by the Novel Coronavirus (online)
2020/09/13	Discussions in foreign countries on ACP and ventilator removal during the COVID-19 pandemic (online)
2018/06/02	What is Advanced Care Planning? From domestic and international approaches - What we want to tell medical institutions.
2017/01/26	What is ACP: an overview of approaches in other countries and Japan (Ritto city)

Research topic, funded research, and KAKENHI
2024/09/01 ～ 2030/03/31	International Collaborative Research on Ethical and Legal Issues in Decision-Making Support for the Elderly in East Asia Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research)
2024/04/01 ～ 2027/03/31	Understanding the Actual Situation and Issues Related to the Protection of Genetic Information and Genetic Discrimination in East Asia Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) keyword(East Asia, protection of genetic information, genetic discrimination, comparative study, regulation and law)
2022/03/01 ～ 2024/02/29	A review of the ethical and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in a society experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic Research by External Competitive Fund FY2021 Research Grants (B)
2021/10 ～ 2025/03	Archiving the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Pandemic Responses towards Building an Infectious-Disease-Resilient Society JST/RISTEX Responsible Innovation with Conscience and Agility
2019/02/01 ～ 2021/01/31	Legal, Political and Ethical Issues Concerning End-of-Life Care in Japan: Exploring the Concept of “Good Death” through Comparison with Other Countries. Research by External Competitive Fund FY2018 Research Grant(A)(continued)
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Teaching experiences and subject names
Medical Law （Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus）
Bioethics （Kanagawa Institute of Technology）
End-of-life care, Science in Society, General Lectures （Dokkyo University）
From the university-wide general course 'Science in Society', on end-of-life care. （Dokkyo University）
End-of-life care, Science in Society, General Lectures （Dokkyo University）

Activity in society
2020/08/10	'Life conference' to share desired end of life. Growing importance under Coronavirus pandemic
2020/05/27	Medical Decision-Making: ACP (6) Novel coronavirus forces changes to guidelines
2019/03/25 ～ 2019/03/26	Considering withdrawal of dialysis ( 1 ) ( 2 )
2018/07/27 ～ 2021/07/28	Legislation for end-of-life care in Korea and Taiwan
2018/06/27	(What do you think?) "When you can't eat anymore, that's the end"
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Study Abroad and Overseas Travel History
2019/07/01 2019/07/31	Brocher Foundation

Other Research Achievements
JMARI Research Report No.117 Overview of Euthanasia Legislation and Data in the world Ver.1 This report does not take a position either for or against euthanasia but focuses only on objective data and facts. It is divided into three categories: Countries and regions that allow only physician-assisted suicide or assisted dying. Countries and regions that allow only active euthanasia. Countries and regions that allow both. An overview of the statistical data (annual trends in the number of deaths, sex ratio, educational background, breakdown of diseases, end-of-life concerns, if any are published), 5. URLs of administrative documents.
JMARI Research Essay No.83 Overview of COVID-19-related advance care planning in selected countries
JMARI Working Paper No.402 Paediatric palliative care in England: Considering legal system and public awareness initiatives
JMARI Working Paper No.329 An Analysis of Advance Directive Laws in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Towards a discussion on decision-making in end-of-life care

Internal Scholarship and Research Grants receiving status
2021 2022	Ritsumeikan University KENKYU-SHOREI Scholarship A (Prize Fellowship for the Doctoral Degree Students)
2022 2023	Ritsumeikan University KENKYU-SHOREI Scholarship A (Prize Fellowship for the Doctoral Degree Students)

External Scholarship and Research Grants receiving status
2018 2019	The Sasakawa Health Foundation. 2018 "Research Grant on Hospice Palliative Care"
2019 2021	The Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education. Research Grant for FY2019 - FY2020 (Continuation)
2021 2023	FY2021 Research Grant