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Director, Annie O'Donoghue ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Donaleen Saul ; camera, Zoe Dirse ; sound, Richard Besse ; editing, Susan Shanks ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.

Cast, Valda Dalton, Louis Di Bianco, Norah Goddard, Kate Trotter.

Recorded 1985.

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. An elderly woman, bedridden and with a history of strokes, refuses medical attention and creates a dilemma for the hospital's staff. Should she be allowed to die as she wishes or should everything possible be done to preserve life?

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

International Film Screening Honorable Mention presented by the Royal Victoria Hospital in collaboration with McGill University, 1988 Prizes awarded to each of the eight films in the series - Category: Health and Medicine, 1987

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).