Mød Patch Adams, en læge som hverken ligner, opfører sig eller tænker som nogen anden læge, du har mødt før. Patch mener, at humor er den bedste medicin, og han er villig til at gøre næsten alt for at få sine patienter ti at grine - også selv om det bringer hans karriere i fare.
Beth Emhoff rejser hjem fra Hongkong til Minneapolis med en hidtil ukendt og ekstremt smittefarlig virus i kroppen. Efter to dage er både hun og familiens søn død. Også i London, Tokyo og Chicago falder folk som fluer. Pandemien breder sig over kloden som en steppebrand. Mens researchere kæmper for at finde en modgift, bidrager bloggeren Alan til panikken ved at sprede misinformation på internettet.
'Concussion' handler om neuropatologen Dr. Bennet Omalu, der som den første opdager, at amerikanske fodboldspillere pådrager sig varige hjerneskader forårsaget af sporten. Omalu konstaterer tilstanden, der går under navnet kronisk traumatisk ecefalopati (CTE), hos en tidligere fodboldspiller, som er død af hjertestop. Den banebrydende retsmediciner forsøger nu at få sandheden frem om sportsgrenens farlige konsekvenser, men den amerikanske football-liga NFL forsøger ihærdigt at benægte, at det er den voldsomme sport, der forårsager lidelsen. Filmen er baseret på den virkelige historie om den nigerianske immigrant og retsmediciner Bennet Omalu, der tvinges ud i en indædt kamp med en af verdens mest magtfulde institutioner.
Den unge journalist Susannah Cahalan fra New York Post skal i gang med en vigtig opgave, da hun pludselig bliver ramt af en mystisk sygdom. Hun får influenza-agtige symptomer, krampeanfald, psykoser og hukommelsestab. Sammen med sin familie konsulterer hun den ene læge efter den anden for at få en diagnose. Efter en lang række sygehusbesøg møder hun endelig en læge, som måske kan give hende et svar - og håb om at få livet tilbage.
En hjemløs mand fra et ukendt hospital dør af bizarre symptomer en sen aften på en af New Yorks travleste skadestuer. Ingen undrer sig - undtagen Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), den vagthavende læge. Men da han dagen efter vil obducere liget, er det sporløst forsvundet. Luthans faglige interesse afløses snart af rædsel, da han kommer på sporet af den virkelige sandhed om mandens død. Nu begynder mareridtet for alvor!
I denne hjerteskærende dokumentar vender en 28-årig ph.d.-studerende kameraet mod sig selv og filmer sin kamp med kronisk træthedssyndrom.
En genert lægestuderende er vildt forelsket i en forsker, der studerer et særligt protein produceret af pingviner, og tilbyder sin egen krop til hans forskning.
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.
Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Ali was born in a provincial town and was rejected by his father for adoption. Ali with savant syndrome, who grew up in orphanages, graduated from the faculty of medicine with a first degree.
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
