Discussions in Bioethics : Family Tree

Bailey, Norma, (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 examines the moral questions surrounding the issue of compulsory sterilization. When a child-beater and single mother of three is admitted to hospital in need of abdominal surgery, the surgeon is sorely tempted to perform a tubal ligation without the patient's consent, thus preventing the birth of "new victims.".

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (14 min., 18 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, Norma Bailey ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Ruth Andrishak ; camera, Susan Trow ; sound, Jacques Drouin ; editing, Janice Brown ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Alex Gelfand, Ali Giron, Lindalee Tracey, Laura Nerenberg, Cedric Smith, Patty Talbot, Jacklin Williams.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1985.
Target Audience Note:	10-17.
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).