This latter utilitarian view comes dangerously close to resembling the social engineering of physicians and geneticists under Hitler's Germany of the thirties. In the Twin Ports, much work is being done to address the dilemmas raised by prolonged suffering among the terminally ill. The issues are immensely complex and there is much at stake. On the state and national levels, it is hoped that proposed legal and ethical changes in health care policies will receive a thorough examination before such policies are revised. Ideas which have immediate surface appeal often have unseen consequences.
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Original versions of these articles originally appeared in The Senior Reporter in the spring of 1992.