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Catalogue Number: NFB526226
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson
Directors: Susan Huycke
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Early Childhood Education, Fiction, Health and Medicine, Learning Disabilities, People With Disabilities, Religious Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1985
Running Time: 12:43
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Discussions in Bioethics: If You Want a Girl Like Me - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB526226
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson
Directors: Susan Huycke
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Early Childhood Education, Fiction, Health and Medicine, Learning Disabilities, People With Disabilities, Religious Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1985
Running Time: 12:43
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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 looks at questions surrounding life-prolonging treatment for disabled newborns. When a teenage girl discovers that her newborn baby suffers from spina bifida and hydrocephalus, she refuses to agree to a life-saving shunt. While her boyfriend, the father, tries to convince her to accept responsibility for the infant, the hospital awaits their signed consent to proceed with the operation.