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「豊かな死」１位は英国　日本は医療費高で２３位 - MSN産経ニュース　魚拓

日本は高額な医療費と医療に従事する人員の不足がたたり、２３位と低い評価だった。

原文は、EIU.comなるサイトでダウンロード可能である。今のところリンクはここ。で、原文を読むと、こうある。

　Japan also scores relatively poorly, at 23 in the overall Index and at 28 in the Availability of End-of-Life Care category. This may be because, with one of the world’s oldest populations, it has many more elderly to care for. The country also scores poorly when it comes to the indicator on average weekly patient payments for hospice and palliative care services.
　Nevertheless, Japan scores relatively well on the government attitude towards end-of-life care indicator. “Hospice and palliative care is one of the most important political issues,” says Tetsuo Kashiwagi, president of the Japan Hospice Palliative Care Foundation. But he adds that the country lacks sufficient numbers of specialists. “Shortage of palliative care specialists is one of the biggest problems,” he says, adding that there is also a need for more non-professional caregivers, particularly volunteers.

さあ、この数行を正しく訳せるか、というエイゴの問題ですが、「ホスピスや終末期医療」に関する支払いの多さと人員の不足を、「医療」とひとくくりに訳してしまうあたりが、医療に対する悪意がないとすればあまりに誤訳。共同通信なる団体の所属員のエイゴ能力が知れてしまうわけですな。