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Director, Gary Toole ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Gwynne Basen ; photography, Roger Martin ; sound, Raymond Marcoux ; editing, Rita Roy ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.

Cast, Kirsten Bishopric, Kathryn Cleveland, Chantal Condor, Brian Dooley, Joanna Noyes, Kelly Ricard, Michael Tait.

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. The film considers the cost of high-risk organ transplants and the allocation of scarce medical resources. A child is in need of a liver transplant. The child has only a 40% chance of surviving with the transplant, but a 100% chance of dying without it. How should society's limited medical dollars be spent?

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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).