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...First Do No Harm TV

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Original title

...First Do No Harm

Year

1997

Running time

94 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jim Abrahams

Screenwriter

Ann Beckett

Cast

Music

Hummie Mann

Cinematography

Pierre Letarte

Producer

ABC

Genre

Drama | Disease/illness. Disability. TV Movie

Synopsis

When Lori Reimuller (Meryl Streep) learns that her young son Robbie (Seth Adkins) has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital. This movie is an indictment of those in the medical profession who discuss only the treatment options they favor. Several of the minor characters are portrayed by people who have been not just helped, but cured by the Ketogenic diet.

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Awards: 1997: Emmy: Nominated for Best Actress in Miniseries or TV Movie (Meryl Streep)

1997: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Picture (Meryl Streep)

1997: Satellite Awards: nominated to Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television.

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