WP Kinsella

Associated Press “Field of Dreams book author ends his life under assisted-dying legislation” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/17/field-of-dreams-author-ends-his-life-under-assisted-dying-legislation
“WP Kinsella, whose book became 'Field of Dreams', dies at 81 “ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37395028


現地時間9月16日、カナダの小説家で映画『フィールド・オヴ・ドリームズ』*1 の原作者W. P. キンセラ*2ブリティッシュ・コロンビアホープ*3にて死去。享年81歳。衝撃的なのは、キンセラ氏の死が「医師の介助による死(assiated death)」だったこと。ただ、そこに至る病気のことは一切公表されていない。カナダでは「医師の介助による死」が今年の6月から合法になっていたのだった*4

さて、カナダの「医師の介助による死」合法化を巡る記事に曰く、

Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Colombia, Japan and the US states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico and Montana. California lawmakers have also passed legislation, expected to take effect in June, under which proof of state residency will be required.
何時の間にかに日本で合法化されたの? これは間違いでしょ。Wikipediaの”Assisted suicide”の項には日本についての言及は全くない*5
「医師の介助による死」からさらに進んで安楽死そのものが合法化されている和蘭を巡っては、


Peter Walker “One in five Dutch doctors would help physically healthy patients die” http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/17/assisted-dying-dutch-doctors-patient-law-netherlands


をマークしておく*6

*1:See eg. Michael Hann “The film that makes me cry: Field of Dreams” https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/mar/26/the-film-that-makes-me-cry-field-of-dreams John Ashdown and Barry Glendenning “The Joy of Six: fictional sports film characters” https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/sep/06/joy-of-six-fictional-sporting-film-characters

*2:Neil Besner & Karen Grandy “W.P. Kinsella” http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wp-kinsella/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._P._Kinsella

*3:http://www.hope.ca/ See eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope,_British_Columbia

*4:See Associated Press “Assisted dying to become legal in Canada but without clear guidelines” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/06/canada-assisted-dying-suicide-law-deadline

*5:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide なお、この項目に日本語版はない。

*6:Mentioned in http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150218/1424226426