With step by step precision and sympathetic understanding this film shows the fascinating story behind the latest amazing advances in ‘test-tube baby’ or more accurately, In Vitro Fertilisation techniques, with human embryo transfer by the Monash University Medical Team at the Queen Victoria Medical Centre.
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ACMI Identifier
015322
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Reproductive technology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Fertilization in vitro
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Reproductive technology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Embryology, Human
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fertilization in vitro
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human reproduction
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Reproductive technology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Fertilization in vitro
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human reproduction
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)