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Genetic Chance

Synopsis
Concerns haemophilia, its inheritance, how it affects the body, its cause and possible treatments. Queen Victoria was a carrier and it could have passed to our present royal family with fatal results, as it was to affect the family of the last of the Tsars. Considers the ethical problems it raises in the context of genetic counselling. Illustrates how the karyotype is identified in growing blood cells. The deficiency of factor 8 in the clotting process is explained, together with modern treatment. The use of amniocentesis and cell culture is shown together with the determination of the karyotype for sex, Downs syndrome and spina bifida. Ethical problems surrounding abortion, screening before marriage, and the keeping of computer records are discussed.
Series
My Children, My Children, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.
Year of production
1979
Availability
OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Uses
O- and A-level groups; adults in training - particularly useful for discussion of ethics.*
Subjects
Medical sciences; Social welfare
Keywords
haemophilia; medical ethics

Credits

Producer
Robert Reid

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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