Medical Story
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| Medical Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Anthology series Medical drama |
| Created by |
David Gerber Abby Mann |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 4, 1975 – January 8, 1976 |
Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975 until January 8, 1976.
Premise
This was an anthology series about issues in the medical field, making it into the medical equivalent of Police Story. [1]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Medical Story" | Gary Nelson | Abby Mann | September 4, 1975 |
| A young intern wants to save a patient from a needless hysterectomy. 2 hour episode. | ||||
| 2 | "The Right to Die" | September 11, 1975 | ||
| A dying elderly woman is being pressured into surgery. | ||||
| 3 | "The God syndrome" | September 18, 1975 | ||
| A young surgeon sees medical challenges and not human beings when he looks at his patients. | ||||
| 4 | "Test Case" | September 25, 1975 | ||
| A right-to-life group targets a doctor after he forgoes an attempt to save a fetus during an abortion. | ||||
| 5 | "A Life in the Balance" | October 18, 1975 | ||
| A medical student feels the pressure of working at a large hospital. | ||||
| 6 | "An Air Full of Death" | October 9, 1975 | ||
| A doctor investigates cancer-causing chemicals. | ||||
| 7 | "Million Dollar Baby" | October 23, 1975 | ||
| A doctor gets a malpractice suit from a woman he helped deliver 22 years earlier. | ||||
| 8 | "The Moonlight Healer" | October 30, 1975 | ||
| A first year resident moonlights in the emergency room. | ||||
| 9 | "Wasteland" | November 13, 1975 | ||
| A doctor tries to convince his low-income patients into being sterilized. | ||||
| 10 | "Us Against the World" | December 4, 1975 | ||
| Three female interns have to deal with a leukemia patient, a chauvinistic surgeon and an unstable child. | ||||
| 11 | "Woman in White" | December 11, 1975 | ||
| A doctor wants a breast cancer patient to have a less radical surgery. | ||||
| 12 | "The Quality of Mercy" | January 8, 1976 | ||
| A group of doctors fight a board of supervisors who are unwilling to allocate funds to raise public health standards. 2 hour episode. | ||||
References
- ↑ TV Guide. "Medical Story Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
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