Home / Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide? - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB522461
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson
Directors: Beverly Shaffer
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Family Studies/Home Economics, Fiction, Health and Medicine, People With Disabilities, Religious Studies, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1985
Running Time: 14:08
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Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide? - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB522461
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson
Directors: Beverly Shaffer
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Family Studies/Home Economics, Fiction, Health and Medicine, People With Disabilities, Religious Studies, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1985
Running Time: 14:08
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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?"