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Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide?

Directed by Beverly Shaffer
Canada, 1985 (fiction, 14 minutes, colour, English)
Also known as "La bioéthique : une question de choix - qui décidera?"
Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide?
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"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?'"
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Jefferson Lewis
Produced by: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson
Principal Cast: Jacqueline Challenger, Joanna Noyes, Patricia Phillips, Chuck Shamata
Film Editing: Ginny Stikeman
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
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