Rating:
5/10 by 1 users
Medical Story
A special two-hour drama starring Beau Bridges, Jose Ferrer, Carl Reiner, and Claude Akins. The question of whether a young actress (Harriet Karr) should have a hysterectomy pits a young intern (Bridges) against three established doctors (Ferrer, Reiner. and Akins). Shirley Knight also guest stars.
Writing:
- Abby Mann
Release Date:
Thu, Sep 04, 1975
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Season 1:
A special two-hour drama starring Beau Bridges, Jose Ferrer, Carl Reiner, and Claude Akins. The question of whether a young actress (Harriet Karr) should have a hysterectomy pits a young intern (Bridges) against three established doctors (Ferrer, Reiner. and Akins). Shirley Knight also guest stars.
Juliet Mills stars as a nurse who defends an elderly patient's right to die with dignity. The terminally ill woman is being pressured into an operation that will either restore her health or leave her a helpless invalid.
Vince Edwards stars as a gynecologist who becomes the center of an anti-abortion controversy.
A young resident is horrified by an obstetrician who pressures his low income patients into having sterilization operations.
Three Female interns face a variety of problems in a busy hospital: the agonizing death of a young leukemia patient; the prejudices of a brilliant, but chauvinisic surgeon; and the violent tantrums of an emotionally unstable child.
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