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Canada, 1985

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Episode of Series “A Discussion in bioethics”.
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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Credits

director

Norman Bailey

co-producer

Andy Thomson

Wolf Koenig

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:14:18:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1985

Appears in

A Discussion in bioethics

Group of items

A Discussion in bioethics

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316219

Language

English

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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