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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |