Discussions in Bioethics: Family Tree
1985
14 min
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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 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."
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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 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."
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directorNorma Bailey
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producerWolf Koenig
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executive producerAndy Thomson
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scriptRuth Andrishak
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cameraSusan Trow
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soundJacques Drouin
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editingJanice Brown
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sound editingWojtek Klis
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re-recordingHans Peter Strobl
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castAlex GelfandAli GironLindalee TraceyLaura NerenbergCedric SmithPatty TalbotJacklin Williams
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