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Katy Butler (born 1949) is an American journalist, essayist and author of ''Knocking on Heaven's Door, the Path to a Better Way of Death,'' (Scribner, 2013). A memoir of caregiving in her parents' last years and a critical history of the medical device industry, it argues that modern medicine's focus on prolonging life often creates more suffering than it prevents.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/Knocking-Heavens-Door-Better-Death-ebook/dp/B00A285OF6 )〕 ''The New York Times'' called it a "thoroughly researched and compelling mix of personal narrative and hard-nosed reporting" and named it one of their 100 Notable Books of 2013. The book also received a Books for a Better Life Award in 2014〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/NYN/About-this-Chapter/News/Books-for-a-Better-Life-Awards-Winners-Announced-a )〕 and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2014-finalists.htm )〕 She speaks at hospitals,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/About-Us/News/News-Releases-2014/Southern-California-Healthcare-Providers-Call-for-More-Compassionate-End-of-Life-Care.aspx )〕 medical schools〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.mountsinai.org/static_files/MSMC/Files/Patient%20Care/Palliative%20Care/KnockingOnHeavensDoor-KatyButler-lecture.pdf )〕 and other locations about improving end-of-life medicine and the doctor-patient relationship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lifemattersmedia.org/2014/06/award-winning-author-katy-butler-coming-chicago/ )〕 Butler's essays and articles have appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Science Writing, ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The New Yorker'', and Best Buddhist Writing.〔McLeod, Melvin (ed.). (''The Best Buddhist Writing 2006'' ). Shambhala Publications, 2006, p. 64ff. The essay first appeared in ''Tricycle: The Buddhist Review'', Summer 2005.〕 Other honors include writing residencies at Mesa Refuge, Hedgebrook, and Blue Mountain Center.〔("2008-1998 Residents" ), Mesa Refuge, accessed June 28, 2010; Danticat, Edwidge and Atwan, Robert. ("The Best American Essays 2011" ), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011, p. 227; ("Resident Alumni Updates" ), Blue Mountain Center. Retrieved June 18, 2010.〕 Born in South Africa in 1949, Butler grew up in England and the Boston area. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and earned a BA from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After an internship at the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'', Butler became a staff reporter for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', where she stayed for 12 years. Since then, she has written for ''Mother Jones'', the ''Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine'', ''Vogue'', ''The Village Voice'', ''Tricycle'' (The Buddhist Quarterly), ''More'' magazine and ''Psychotherapy Networker'' magazine,〔(American Society of Magazine Editors, National Magazine Award ), accessed June 18, 2010. For the story, see ("Living on Purpose, The Seeker, the Tennis Coach and the Next Wave of Therapeutic Practice" ) ''Psychotherapy Networker'', September/October 2003.〕 among others.〔("Katy Butler shows the bitter side of medical intervention" ). Nieman Storyboard, accessed April 29, 2012.〕 A Buddhist since 1977, Butler was lay ordained by the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh〔("An Interview with Katy Butler" ). Tricycle Magazine, accessed May 1, 2012.〕 and has co-led small meditation groups. In the 1980s she exposed abuses of sexuality and power by leaders of American Buddhist communities.〔("Sex Scandal Has U.S. Buddhists Looking Within" ). The New York Times, accessed April 29, 2012.〕 In 2004, she was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for an essay about applying traditional religious practices to the chaos of modern life. She teaches writing at the Esalen Institute〔("What Broke My Father's Heart" ). New York Times Magazine, accessed May 1, 2012.〕 and was a speaker at The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard's 2008 and 2009 conferences on Narrative Nonfiction. When doctors refused to disable the pacemaker that enabled her 84-year-old father’s heart to outlive his debilitating stroke and dementia, journalist Katy Butler embarked on a quest to understand why modern medicine was depriving him of a humane and timely death. In 2010, the Nieman Foundation named "What Broke My Father's Heart," an essay about how a pacemaker forced her "father's heart to outlive his brain" a "notable narrative."〔("Katy Butler shows the bitter side of medical intervention" ). Nieman Storyboard, accessed April 29, 2012.〕 The essay, first published in the ''New York Times Magazine'',〔("What Broke My Father's Heart" ). New York Times Magazine, accessed May 1, 2012.〕 also won awards for national journalism from the National Association of Science Writers〔("2011 Science in Society Awards" ). National Association of Science Writers, accessed April 29, 2012.〕 and the Association of Health Care Journalists.〔("2010 winners named in premier health journalism awards" ). Association of Health Care Journalists, accessed May 1, 2012.〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katy Butler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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