NEW AUDIO-VISUAL ACQUISITIONS
FALL 1987

Discovering the Music of the Middle East VHS 21 mins.

In this program the similarities of much of the music of the
Middle East and Balkans are traced back to the spread of
Mohammedanism. The concepts of highly ornamental melodic
lines and asymmetrical rhythms are demonstrated.

Discussion in Bioethics Series:
A Chronic Problem VHS 12 mins

This video is concerned with Jean, who is almost completely
paralyzed by multiple sclerosis and hospitalized. iG
becomes apparent from the attention she receives that
chronic care patients have little priority.

The Courage of One's Convictions VHS 15 mins.

Because of her religious convictions, a 17 year-old girl
refuses medical treatment which will prolong her life.
Her reasoning causes the doctor to question who has the
right to determine a person's life or death.

Critical Choice VHS 13 mins.

A child is rushed to emergency in need of a liver transplant.
Before an American hospital will list the patient, it demands
guarantee of payment. The hospital director, faced with
budget cuts, questions allocating scarce resources to such

an expensive and risky operation.

Family Tree VHS 14 mins.

When a child beater and mother of three is admitted to
hospital in need of abdominal surgery, the surgeon is
tempted to perform a tubal ligation without the patient's
consent. ,

Happy Birthday VHS 13 mins.

A young couple's marriage is threatened over the husband's
decision to accept or refuse a job researching a deadly gas
for the military.

If You Want a Girl Like Me VHS 13 mins.

When a teenage girl discovers that her newborn baby suffers
from spina bifida and hydrocephalus, she refuses to agree
to a life-saving shunt. Her boyfriend tries to convince
the mother to accept responsibility for the infant.