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Director, Susan Huycke ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Andy Thomson ; script, Leila Basen ; photography, Zoe Dirse ; sound, John Martin ; editing, Ion Webster ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Adrian Croll ; music, Robert Walsh.

Cast, Joan Austen, Sandra Cole, Anna-Maria Giannotti, Marcello Pansera, Tom Rack, Kelly Ricard, Vittorio Rossi, Helen Taylor.

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. 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.

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).