Bitter Inheritance
Director: BBC
Year: 2002
Country: UK
Duration: 40 mins
Rating: N/A
Filed under: Human Genetics, Documentary
"The third of a five-part series documenting the dilemmas faced by families with genetic diseases. In this film, an inherited disorder prevents a woman from carrying a baby to term. (Aired BBC Two, 24 January 2002, 21:50) A 50-year-old man undergoes a pioneering treatment for Gorlin syndrome, a genetic condition which has caused his face to be eaten away by cancer and is now threatening his sight. (Aired BBC Two, 31 January 2002, 21:50)"
This Biomedical Ethics Film Library is being presented in partnership with European Medical Students' Association (EMSA)
Film Topics
- Abortion (9)
- Biomedical Research (14)
- Bionics and Cyborg Technologies (8)
- Care of the Elderly and Geriatrics (3)
- Creation Identity - Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donation (22)
- Eugenics and Genetic Enhancement (37)
- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (28)
- Human Cloning (31)
- Human Dignity - Full Moral Status (10)
- Human Embryology (16)
- Human Genetics (14)
- Human Sexuality and Biology (1)
- Human Transplantation (17)
- Human-Nonhuman Hybrids and Chimeras (11)
- Neuroethics and the Neurobiology of Moral Responsibility (1)
- Organ Trafficking (13)
- Psychiatry (34)
- Surrogacy (5)
- Xenotranplantation (9)