!!!TASHIRO Shimon !Journal Articles *Tashiro S. Rethinking research ethics from the TGN1412 trial: toward a fairer distribution of risks in clinical trials. ''Clinical Evaluation'' 2006, 34(Suppl XXIV): 142-162 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. The need for distinctions between research and practice in medical ethics: comparative studies in Japan and the U.S. ''Clinical Ethics'' 2006, 4: 95-115 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. Reconstructing professional autonomy: Talcott Parsons and the sociology of medicine. ''The Study of Sociology'' 2006; 79: 85-109 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. Pluralistic developments of hospice movements in the community: a case study of three competitive ideals in Okayama. ''The Japanese Journal of Health and Medical Sociology'' 2005; 17(1): 1-12 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. Bioethics policy and religious voices: the debate on stem cell research in the U.S. ''Gospel and World'' 2004; 59(12): 42-47 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. The secularization of American bioethics and its consequences. ''Catholic Social Welfare Studies'' 2004; 4: 91-119 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. Religion and bioethics: religious traditions in American bioethics. ''The Study of Sociology''2003; 73: 111-134(in Japanese). *Tashiro S. R. Fox¡Çs essays on bioethics: toward the sociology of bioethics. ''The Annual Reports of the Tohoku Sociological Society'' 2002; 35: 83-100 (in Japanese). !Book Chapters *Tashiro S. The birth of informed consent in clinical research: how RCT changed medicine and researcher-subject relationships. In: Sugita Y, ed. ''Studies on Healthcare: Japan and the United States'', Small World Press, 2006 (in Japanese). *Tashiro S. Religion and ethics: the sacred in contemporary society. In: Hayasaka Y, Hiroi Y, eds. ''Sociology of Nursing and Social Welfare Studies'', Minerva Press, 2004 (in Japanese). !Others *Tashiro S. Constructing the human research subjects protection system in Japan, ''Clinical Ethics'', 2006; 4: 3-8(in Japanese). *Tashiro S. Review of ''Watching Bioethics: A Half-century as a Medical Sociologist'', by Renee C. Fox, ''The Japanese Journal of Health and Medical Sociology'' 2004; 14(2): 65-66 (in Japanese).