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This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
C. Calling Dr. Death; The Carey Treatment; Chased by the Devil; Chunmiao; The Cider House Rules (film) The Citadel (1938 film) Coma (1978 film) Conspiracy Theory (film) The Constant Gardener (film) A Country Doctor (film) The Courageous Dr. Christian; Courier Boy Kalyan; Critical Care (film) Critical Condition (film)
K-PAX is a 2001 science fiction mystery film based on Gene Brewer's 1995 novel of the same name. An American-German co-production, it was directed by Iain Softley, starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, and Alfre Woodard. The film tells the story of a psychiatric patient who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX.
All of the films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres such as drama, mystery, action, horror, fantasy, and comedy. Among the listed movies are films that have won motion-picture and science fiction awards as well as films that have been listed among the worst movies ever made , or have won one or more Golden ...
Medical ethics in fiction (1 C, ... (a movie) The Bladerunner; Brain (novel) D. Disease in fiction; G. Great Detective Stories About Doctors; Great Science Fiction ...
The 1900s by and large saw the rise of the "doctor novel" as a literary subgenre, which itself is a subset of, or otherwise synonymous with, medical fiction. [14] A 2009 book, Doctors in Fiction: Lessons from Literature, discusses medical practitioners ranging from the late 12th century to the early 21st, including small analyzes of their ...
Alan Edward Nourse (/ n ɜːr s /; [1] August 11, 1928 – July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction writer and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His SF works sometimes focused on medicine and/or psionics. His most notable pen name was Doctor X. [2]
Sector General was founded to promote inter-species harmony, [1] and therefore all medical staff must be prepared to treat beings with very different physiologies and behavior patterns, and sometimes with environmental requirements that would be lethal to staff without suitable protection.