Young Dr. Kildare – Season 1
Episodes
The Night of the Intern
The Stranger
About a dying boy's need for a kidney transplant, and a father's refusal to be the donor. |
The Exile
A study of a Cuban refugee struggling to rebuild his medical career.
I'm Handling It
Alcoholism is the villain in this drama about a dedicated woman doctor who is trying to stop drinking.
The Unfinished Child
The episode deals with controversy, based on fact, that raised its ugly head to front-page headlines last year when doctors and authorities at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital allowed a newborn infant, a victim of mongolism, to starve to death because the parents wanted it that way. Was it homicide, mercy killing, or an act done for the benefit of the family and all society?
The Thing with Feathers
Kim Hunter as a patient with a terminal bone cancer lured by a quack's promise of a cure.
The Cage
Kildare faces the challenge of treating a 20-year-old girl neglected in a mental institution for 13 years.