Ethical Dilemmas

Palliative care specialist Rachel Clarke, writing in The Guardian, perhaps sums up this moment better than anyone else: “Whether we like it or not, society’s greatest taboo- death and dying- has been thrust unequivocally centre stage.” Indeed, virtually none of us will escape the reality that loved ones, friends or…

Certainly, there’s nothing new about ageism in our society. Bias against older individuals, and treating seniors as second class citizens, is something many of us have experienced as we’ve entered our later years. Perhaps what’s new, however, is the public airing of attitudes that were previously kept private, due to…