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Japan is one of the advanced countries. Almost 95% of medical care in Japan is covered by the National Health Insurance and practised with high technology throughout the country. It is estimated that 200,000 ultrasonic echograms, 70,000 dialyzers, 20,000 X-Ray CT scanner, 2,000 MRI imaging systems, etc. are in use in Japan, a country with a population of 120 million.
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Atsumi, K. (1992). Japanese view on life and organ transplantation. In: Kjellstrand, C.M., Dossetor, J.B. (eds) Ethical problems in dialysis and transplantation. Developments in Nephrology, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7969-8_15
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