English Dictionary

death panel

名詞

アメリカ英語

(US, originally in right-wing discourse, otherwise humorous) A fictitious government committee which is responsible for choosing which of various patients will receive healthcare, and which withholds life-saving treatment from some in order to reduce costs.

日本語の意味

右翼系の言説で使われる、実際には存在しないとされる政府委員会を指す用語。医療費削減を理由に、どの患者に医療を提供し、どの患者に生命維持治療を行わないかを決定するとされる概念。

Conspiracy theorists claimed a death panel would decide which elderly patients could receive treatment during the crisis.

陰謀論者たちは、ある架空の政府委員会が危機の際にどの高齢患者が治療を受けられ、どの患者が費用削減のために救命治療を受けられなくなるかを決めると主張した。

意味（1）

(US, originally in right-wing discourse, otherwise humorous) A fictitious government committee which is responsible for choosing which of various patients will receive healthcare, and which withholds life-saving treatment from some in order to reduce costs.

death panels （ plural ）