Discussions in Bioethics : The Old Person's Friend

O'Donoghue, Annie, (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. An elderly woman, bedridden and with a history of strokes, refuses medical attention and creates a dilemma for the hospital's staff. Should she be allowed to die as she wishes or should everything possible be done to preserve life?

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (12 min., 45 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. 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, Annie O'Donoghue ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Donaleen Saul ; camera, Zoe Dirse ; sound, Richard Besse ; editing, Susan Shanks ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Valda Dalton, Louis Di Bianco, Norah Goddard, Kate Trotter.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1985.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	International Film Screening Honorable Mention presented by the Royal Victoria Hospital in collaboration with McGill University, 1988 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).