Discussions in Bioethics : Who Should Decide?

Shaffer, Beverly, (film director.). Koenig, Wolf, (film producer.). Thomson, Andy, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film deals with questions arising from advances in pre-natal diagnosis. Joanne, a victim of spina bifida, discovers that her unborn child has the same disease. A decision whether to terminate the pregnancy must be reached quickly. When her husband says that all he ever wanted was "a normal baby," Joanne counters with "What is normal?".

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (14 min., 08 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
Copyright: ♭1985

Content descriptions

General Note:	Support material:.Support material available. Study guide available.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Beverly Shaffer ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Jefferson Lewis ; camera, Andy Kitzanuk ; sound, Yves Gendron ; editing, Ginny Stikeman ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Jacqueline Challenger, Joanna Noyes, Patricia Phillips, Chuck Shamata.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1985.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
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).