Discussions in Bioethics : If You Want a Girl Like Me / directed by: Susan Huycke ; 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. This film looks at questions surrounding life-prolonging treatment for disabled newborns. When a teenage girl discovers that her newborn baby suffers from spina bifida and hydrocephalus, she refuses to agree to a life-saving shunt. While her boyfriend, the father, tries to convince her to accept responsibility for the infant, the hospital awaits their signed consent to proceed with the operation.
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- Physical Description: 1 streaming video (12 min., 43 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
- Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
- Copyright: ©1985
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General Note: | Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: <I>Discussions in Bioethics</I>. CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User. Study guide available. Support material:.Support material available. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Available to subscribers only. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director, Susan Huycke ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Leila Basen ; photography, Zoe Dirse ; sound, John Martin ; editing, Ion Webster ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Adrian Croll ; music, Robert Walsh. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Cast, Joan Austen, Sandra Cole, Anna-Maria Giannotti, Marcello Pansera, Tom Rack, Kelly Ricard, Vittorio Rossi, Helen Taylor. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Streaming video. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded 1985. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access may be limited to affiliated libraries. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
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 2024-07-30). |
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Subject: | Bioethics. Medical ethics. Right to life. |
Genre: | Fiction films. |
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