Discussions in Bioethics : If You Want a Girl Like Me

Huycke, Susan, (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 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
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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).