One of the cruellest diseases that can afflict an individual is Alzheimer’s, gradually erasing memory, sense of self and awareness of the bonds of love and friendship. My own mother, almost 94 now, has had dementia for some years, so I speak from personal experience. One of the closest…

The director of the prestigious, privately funded Elizabeth Institute refuses a Catholic priest access to a patient to whom he wants to give the last rites. The patient in question, a delirious 14-year-old dying from sepsis following a botched abortion, thinks she is recovering. As there's no…