In this guest blog post, alumna Jane Dwinell describes how her husband Sky Yardley’s experience with Alzheimer’s Disease led to their blog and co-authored memoir of his illness: Alzheimer’s Canyon: One Couple’s Reflections on Living with Dementia. _______________________ In 2013,… Read More
The Failure of State Government to Respond to the Reality of Bedside Rationing During the Pandemic
By Martin A. Strosberg, PhD – Professor Emeritus, the Clarkson – Mount Sinai Bioethics Program In March and April of 2020, all eyes were on New York City, as they were for the cholera epidemics of the 19th century and… Read More
COVID 19 and the Mental Health Effects of Quarantine
Dr. Shakel Henson, BSc, MD, MPH, MSc, MSc, MSBioethics, FRSPH, FRSTMH The coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a newly emerging infectious disease, has severely affected morbidity and mortality rates on a global level. During this COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO)… Read More
Supervised injection: A way to curb overdose deaths
By Clair Hughes Ms. Hughes is pursuing a graduate certificate in bioethics at Clarkson. By now, the nation’s opioid problem is well known. An explosion in the use of heroin and other injected drugs has fueled a record number of… Read More