| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm. |
| Summary |
Australian scientists in Sydney made medical history by creating a life-saving brother for a child with an incurable genetic disease. Features the case of a Tasmanian couple who, with their help, have this life-saving baby, at their third try. The pioneering IVF treatment, which is legal only in N.S.W., hit the news headlines, sparking an ethical storm. Examines the moral and ethical issues that genetic manipulation raises, including the potential uses and misuses of genetic technology. Raises also the spectre of an extreme form of eugenics, as seen in the World War II Nazi push to create a master race through human genetics. Some view eugenics as another form of PGD. Presents the diverse views of eminent ethicists and the Catholic Church, world wide |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of SBS-TV broadcast October 19, 2007. Copied under Part Va of the Copyright Act. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Rachel Ward |
| Notes |
Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
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Rated: G |
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DVD. Region unspecified. |
| Subject |
Genetic engineering -- Australia
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Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Fertilization in vitro, Human -- New South Wales
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Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Heredity, Human
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Human reproductive technology -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Author |
Wright, Tony
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Ward, Rachel, 1957-
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Menzies, Stuart
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Cousins, Sean
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