bioethicist

“The disease, the people believed, was caused by sorcery and could be cured by sorcery,” says bioethicist Robert Klitzman. And by “the people” he does not mean RFK Jr. but a stone age tribe in New Guinea. Klitzman also tells us about hospital chaplains, the pool in central park and a stone axe head.

In the U.S., 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day; by the time a person reaches 85, their chances of having dementia approach 50 percent. And the truth…