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Doctors in the movies boil the water and just say Aah

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  • "Peter Dans compares the real-life changes in medicine to the changes depicted in film. Myth, like denial, is central to human existence and no one has made myths better than Hollywood, shaping how we think about ourselves and those around us by reinforcing stereotypes or creating new ones. This book is about how Hollywood has portrayed medicine over the last sixty years, as seen through the eyes of a board-certified internist on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author blends a brief historical context with an in-depth discussion of more than seventy films, from "Arrowsmith", "Internes Can't Take Money", "Society Doctor", and "The Girl in White", through "No Way Out" and "The Last Angry Man", to "Hospital", "Coma", "Critical Care", and "Awakenings". One can see the progression of medical students from naíve idealists in 1948's "Miss Susie Slagle's" to cynical nonconformists in "Gross Anatomy". Similarly, changes are visible in the doctor's image from the kindly "Country Doctor" and the earnest "Dr. Kildare" to the arrogant egotists of "The Doctor" and "Malice". Intended to be both fun and instructive, the book has a lighter side that looks at clichés and stereotypes, such as someone shouting "boil the water" when a baby is about to be delivered, doctors as "sex maniacs," and ludicrous portrayals of surgeons directing their own abdominal operations. On a more serious note, the movies illustrate what the public has valued in doctoring, the changing attitudes towards science, and the evolution of issues that still confront and divide us. Assisted suicide or "mercy killing," abortion, concerns about health care costs and impersonal high-tech medicine are all in evidence. Two chapters deal with the virtual invisibility of women and black doctors in film. Concluding with a chapter on some of the author's favorite movies about medicine, the book has an extensive filmography and bibliography inviting readers to explore the subject further. Though there have been books written about psychiatrists in the movies, this is the first book to look broadly at medicine and physicians in film. While appealing to doctors and those interested in health care and medical science, it also fills a void for film buffs by focusing on a neglected movie genre [Publisher description]."

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