Deceased organ donation is much less prominent in Japan than it is in Western countries. Since organ shortage is a serious social problem in Japan, various solutions to the problem have been considered. Although it was believed that the most critical factor in the organ shortage was the absence...

In this study, we analyze the impact of pharmaceutical companies' CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities on doctors' decisions about prescription drugs in a qualitative approach. In Japan, the decision-makers of prescription drugs are not patients who actually use the drugs but...