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Doctors on display: the evolution of television's doctors.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20944763     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Doctors have been portrayed on television for over 50 years. In that time, their character has undergone significant changes, evolving from caring but infallible supermen with smoldering good looks and impeccable bedside manners to drug-addicted, sex-obsessed antiheroes. This article summarizes the major programs of the genre and explains the pattern of the TV doctors' character changes. Articulated over time in the many permutations of the doctor character is a complex, constant conversation between viewer and viewed representing public attitudes towards doctors, medicine, and science.
Authors:
Elliot B Tapper
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0899-8280     ISO Abbreviation:  Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9302033     Medline TA:  Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  393-9     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
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