Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976. Police Story's producers probe the medical world! Result: strong medicine!
Production
Production
Seasons
12 Episodes • Premiered 1975
1. 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.
2. The Right to Die
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.
3. The God Syndrome
A brilliant but seemingly unfeeling surgeon has a coldly impersonal approach to his patients.
4. Test Case
Vince Edwards stars as a gynecologist who becomes the center of an anti-abortion controversy.
5. A Life in the Balance
6. An Air Full of Death
7. Million Dollar Baby
8. The Moonlight Heater
9. Wasteland
A young resident is horrified by an obstetrician who pressures his low income patients into having sterilization operations.
10. Up Against the World
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.
