Discussions in Bioethics : Critical Choice / directed by: Gary Toole ; produced by: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).
One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. The film considers the cost of high-risk organ transplants and the allocation of scarce medical resources. A child is in need of a liver transplant. The child has only a 40% chance of surviving with the transplant, but a 100% chance of dying without it. How should society's limited medical dollars be spent?
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video (12 min., 32 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
- Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
- Copyright: ♭1985
Content descriptions
General Note: | Support material:.Support material available. Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: <I>Discussions in Bioethics</I>. Study guide available. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Available to subscribers only. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director, Gary Toole ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Gwynne Basen ; photography, Roger Martin ; sound, Raymond Marcoux ; editing, Rita Roy ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Cast, Kirsten Bishopric, Kathryn Cleveland, Chantal Condor, Brian Dooley, Joanna Noyes, Kelly Ricard, Michael Tait. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded 1985. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Awards Note: | Prizes awarded to each of the eight films in the series - Category: Health and Medicine , 1987 |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05). |
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Subject: | Bioethics. Pediatrics. Medical ethics. |
Genre: | Fiction films. |
Topic Heading: | National Film Board > National Film Board Collection |