Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling, and Medical Power

by Joseph Turow

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Prime-time medical dramas have stamped the American mind with an indelible gallery of physicians. Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, and Marcus Welby are more widely recognized than any living physician, and in many cases are more trusted as well. In Playing Doctor, a colorful and highly perceptive history of TV medical series, Joseph Turow offers an entertaining inside look at how these shows were created. He provides a detailed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195044908

ISBN13:9780195044904

Release Date:March 1989

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:340 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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