Always loved Trapper John M.D, Emergency, Scrubs, E.R, House, St. Elsewhere, Chicago Hope, Nurses and Medical Centre too name some and their are a few I'm forgetting. The nurse on Trapper John was so hot and got me into my fetish of nurses with caps, still too this day always check what the search under nurse show or movie is coming on so I can see if I need to DVR it. Just love the medical shows but really miss the older ones....wish they were still on also.
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned 'the Knick' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/?ref_=nv_sr_1) - as a historical reconstruction of a hospital and New York around 1900, it seems to be quite convincing. I'm sure that as in all shows and movies there are mistakes and odds and ends that are incorrect, but overall I enjoyed the atmosphere and the sets very much. Lots of attention was paid to showing period medical equipment and procedures.As far as story lines go, well on that I can't really comment, but I surmise that they are more suited to us modern day 21st century inhabitants, so perhaps a bit historically untypical. But allowing for all this, it's a captivating show.And what it certainly accomplishes is to make one deliriously happy and grateful for all the advances in medical science made since then. Going to a hospital back in 1900 was seemingly like a death sentence ... operations even more so.
My favorites are ER and Saving Hope, great shows and of course have a small crush Dr, Alex Reid in Saving Hope.Although I've watched many medical shows, those two are the ones I haven't missed an episode
Since I'm an ER doctor myself I usually tend to avoid programs about emergency care. They tend to make many mistakes (having the chest xray backwards on a view box is a classic and is ubiquitous). Also, while entertaining, many of the situations are so improbable that they are a turnoff for me. That said I truly enjoyed MASH and St. Elsewhere. The movie "Hospital" was also a classic and worth a view for those who get Netflix.
St. Elsewhere was always my favorite, along with MASH. While I served in Viet Nam, and not Korea, I have seen these guys and girls in action. It is amazing, the miracles they perform with almost nothing to work with. Yes, the humor and insanity is there (though not as exaggerated as in the show), but that was there way of dealing with the carnage every day, and manage to keep sane.
Since I'm an ER doctor myself I usually tend to avoid programs about emergency care. They tend to make many mistakes (having the chest xray backwards on a view box is a classic and is ubiquitous). Also, while entertaining, many of the situations are so improbable that they are a turnoff for me. That said I truly enjoyed MASH and St. Elsewhere. The movie "Hospital" was also a classic and worth a view for those who get Netflix.The House of God was another classic. The book by Samuel Shem MD was better than the movie (who'd a thunk it?)I have a love/hate relationship with the TV show EMERGENCY! On one hand, it got me into emergency medicine, on the other, the poetic license taken was frequently annoying or hilarious.
I agree agracier. The Knick is the absolute best serious medical program.For comedy, Scrubs has it. A close second on the wild side is Children's Hospital.
The House of God (the book) was fabulous! It captured better than anything else the dark humor and desperation of being a house officer. Sadly, his other books about his psychiatric training didn't measure up. Maybe that's a statement about psychiatrists in general. I hated the Knick. It depicted many archaic but realistic procedures but without the humor it was depressing.
^^^^ I don't think The Knick was meant to be in the least bit humorous. 😁It was frightening in light of what we know now.The reasons they thought blood from two people clotted before they knew about antibodies was just as ludicrous as the thought in the late 1970's that homosexuals got AIDS because semen was ejaculated by their partners into their rectums--and there were actually refereed studies on that !
The House of God (the book) was fabulous! It captured better than anything else the dark humor and desperation of being a house officer. Sadly, his other books about his psychiatric training didn't measure up. Maybe that's a statement about psychiatrists in general. I hated the Knick. It depicted many archaic but realistic procedures but without the humor it was depressing.Never forget GOMER.
^^^^ I don't think The Knick was meant to be in the least bit humorous. 😁It was frightening in light of what we know now.The reasons they thought blood from two people clotted before they knew about antibodies was just as ludicrous as the thought in the late 1970's that homosexuals got AIDS because semen was ejaculated by their partners into their rectums--and there were actually refereed studies on that !I lived that shit, double gloving, face masks and Tyvek gowns for casual contact with an HIV+ patient. We're still living that where HIV-, monogamous gay men can't donate blood - that's screened anyway before being available for transfusion.I used to enjoy sensory deprivation float tanks in NYC. The early days of HIV closed them down - people didn't know how you COULDN'T get AIDS.
I lived that shit, double gloving, face masks and Tyvek gowns for casual contact with an HIV+ patient. We're still living that where HIV-, monogamous gay men can't donate blood - that's screened anyway before being available for transfusion.I read just recently that from now on blood donations by gays will be accepted - with a provision that the person declares not to have had any same sex relations in the past 12 months. A rather silly and uncontrollable provision, probably insisted upon for legal reasons of liability or who knows what else ...I forget though where this was in effect - either in one or more US states or in Belgium. Can't remember anymore.Let's say it's a baby step in a less constrictive direction.
I read just recently that from now on blood donations by gays will be accepted - with a provision that the person declares not to have had any same sex relations in the past 12 months. A rather silly and uncontrollable provision, probably insisted upon for legal reasons of liability or who knows what else ...How can they ever trust a statement like that?
I know a gay couple that are well into their 80s and have been monogamous for over 50 years. I know other heterosexual people who are promiscuous with bisexual people (unprotected). I know who I'd rather get blood from.
How can they ever trust a statement like that?Of course no one can trust such a statement. And even if true, why would 11 months be less safe than 12?The news article plainly gave the same opinion you did, but didn't explain the reasoning. I suspect it will be a temporary thing and when the skies don't fall, it will probably be phased out to shorter periods and then simply rescinded ...
Viz-a-viz The House of God I can never forget "the bowel run of the stars". I knew a real Fatman during my residency. He was a surgeon and was more cynical that the fictional one.
As a physician myself I have to agree with those who find most TV medical shows pretty hard to digest due to their inaccuracies. St. Elsewhere and MASH were my favorites as well as most others. I have to include MASH the movie and, of course, Hospital. Who can forget the nuances of diagnosing subacute bacterial endocarditis as taught by George C Scott.
I just donated blood within the last week and the question on the form was -For men - have you had sex with another man, ever?Looks like one time and you are out of the blood pool.
Guess I'm just a realist and I realize that this post was about fiction. I enjoyed Trauma, Life in the ER. Some of these were better than others. There was also the series about real hospital(s), I can't recall the title. I still preferred the Trauma series much more, just the intense action and team function. Not much romance, although there were a couple of residents that hooked up, just blood and guts.
Mash's Trapper John, Wayne Rogers died on New Year's Eve at age 82.http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/01/wayne-rogers-trapper-john-on-mash-dies-at-82/
My favorite medical dramas are House, Life in the ER, Code Black, Chicago Med, ER, Grey's anatomy, Mash, emergency, and a very old one is Ben Casey MD
I read the House of God but didn't realize that there was a movie. How was it? The book was so dark and funny. Really so much like my own internship.
Liquid, I also read The House of God which is where I first learned what LOL meant, lol. To a nurse that book was very funny and was a good read.As far as my favorite medical drama, ummmm, ummmm, I don't know, I am going to have to really think about this for a good long bit. I guess I am going to have to get back to you all on this because I really just don't know of any that I really love that I can remember.Maybe if someone could give me a list of all the medical shows over the years then maybe I could see if I could be able to pick one out off the list..........M*A*S*Hie