Playing Doctor
October, 1982
There's something heroic about the movie version of a doctor's life: the awesome power; the chilling responsibility; the precarious balance out there on the edge, where life and death meet but never seriously date. Of course, the physicians we encounter in our daily lives are worlds apart from their cinematic counterparts. Indeed, it is difficult to relate the image of a young, eager Jim Kildare to that of the bored-looking gent in the knit tie coming at you with a lubricated glove. But that's w...
