doctor and patient theme

The interpersonal relationship between a doctor and their patient is examined.

Notes

As doctors and patients are rather common occurrences in stories, this theme should only be used if the relationship in question has a notable and lasting quality. Usually, the doctor is expected to be self-conscious of the relationship.

22 total · 10 major · 12 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
columbo1971e2x06 major Dr. Mayfield and Dr. Hiedemann became a stereotypical doctor and patient couple, quarreling about the latter's environment and what was good for him.
movie: KPAX (2001) major Prot's psychiatrist Dr. Mark Powell went above and beyond the call of duty to help him get well.
movie: Open Your Eyes (1997) major César's prison psychologist Antonio was trying his best to help César make sense of his strange predicament.
movie: The Dead Zone (1983) major John's doctor Dr. Sam Weizak helped him to come to grips with the fact that he had psychic powers after waking up from a five year long coma.
movie: Vanilla Sky (2001) major David's prison psychologist Dr. McCabe was trying his best to help David make sense of his strange predicament.
rbt1985e4x02 major The psychologist Dr. Fellows proposed to help his patient Albert Brock but instead ended up being influenced by Brock into taking an anti-technology stance against communication devices.
tz1959e1x09 major Most of the story involved Edward discussing with his psychiatrist.
tz1985e3x19 major The story followed Dr. Mallory Craig as he tried to understand why his patient, Sharon, was terrified of patters.
tz2002e1x34 major Leslie and her hypochondriac of a patient Harry. In one scene, Leslie have a little girl patient of hers a flu shot.
tz2002e1x38 major Mrs. Tyler seemed to have had a long history with the doctor who was responsible for reconstructing her face.