Episode
Horizon: The Scientist and the Baby
Overview
Documentary which looks at the great advances in the performance of ante-natal operations on the human foetus and the implications of these technical facilities for patient and health services and allocation of resources to this sort of medicine.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 19
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1982-11-08
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Scientist and the Baby is Episode 17 in 1982 of Horizon. It aired on 1982-11-08. The runtime is 60 min.
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