Medical Story - Season 1

1. Medical Story

Aired: 9/4/1975

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

Aired: 9/11/1975

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

Aired: 9/18/1975

4. Test Case

Aired: 9/25/1975

Vince Edwards stars as a gynecologist who becomes the center of an anti-abortion controversy.

5. A Life in the Balance

Aired: 10/2/1975

6. An Air Full of Death

Aired: 10/9/1975

7. Million Dollar Baby

Aired: 10/23/1975

8. The Moonlight Heater

Aired: 10/30/1975

9. Wasteland

Aired: 11/13/1975

A young resident is horrified by an obstetrician who pressures his low income patients into having sterilization operations.

10. Up Against the World

Aired: 12/4/1975

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.

11. Woman in White

Aired: 12/11/1975

12. The Quality of Mercy

Aired: 1/8/1976