Learning on ScreenDiscussions in Bioethics: Family Tree
- Synopsis
- A short, open-ended drama designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. A single mother of three children who lives on welfare and has abused the children, is carrying an ectopic pregnancy and must be operated on quickly. The doctor is tempted to perform a tubal ligation without the patient’s consent, but the social worker acts to prevent this compulsory sterilisation on the grounds of illegality. The doctor argues that it is wrong to breed and abuse children.
- Series
- Bioethics, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min.
- Year of production
- 1986
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- medical ethics; sterilisation
Credits
- Director
- Norma Bailey
- Producer
- Andy Thomson; Wolf Koenig
Production Company
- Name
National Film Board of Canada
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- Web
- http://www.nfb.ca External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (514) 283 9000
- Fax
- (514) 283-7564
- Address
- Sales and Customer Service (D-10)
PO Box 6100
Station Centre-Ville
Montreal
QC H3C 3HS
Canada
Distributor
- Name
Viewtech Educational Media
- Notes
- NB. Viewtech ceased trading in 2014 and the company’s products are no longer in distribution
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