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The Hollywood Issue
Volume 83, Number 2

Special Effects
What can the dramatic arts teach doctors about improving their performances?
by Alice Flaherty

    Sidebar: FaceBook
     Why does crying send mascara trailing from the left eye before the right?
     It’s part of the sign language of the brain.
    by Alice Flaherty

Playing Doctor
Television physicians have devolved from saints to sinners—without sacrificing ratings.
by Allan J. Hamilton

The Lost World
A former classmate reflects on Michael Crichton’s years at Harvard Medical School—and celebrates his life and work.
by William Ira Bennett

Tales Out of School
Listening to patient’s stories makes for good doctoring—and sharing those stories makes for good TV.
by Neal Baer

Cinema Veritas
A blonde bombshell, a death on the dunes, and a handsome leading man are all part of Harvard Medical School’s celluloid past.
by Massad Gregory Joseph

Script Doctors
Whether penning lines for House, MD or producing independent films, these Harvard doctors always have an audience.
by Jessica Cerretani

We’re Ready for Our Close-Up
One believes he’s God; another performs exorcisms. One commits murder, while another merely hurls cats in fits of pique. Meet the fictional graduates
of Harvard Medical School.
by Paula Byron

    Sidebar: Screen Mapping
     Selected Fictional Graduates of Harvard Medical School

Watch and Learn
Hollywood has long offered a range of medical role models. From which screen doctors should you take your cues?

Changing Channels
When you’ve worked all day as a doctor, sometimes the last thing you need is more medical drama in your living room.
by Victoria McEvoy

 

Features

Design for Life
From sharks to snails, bears to snakes, frogs to bacteria, Earth’s biodiversity holds medical treasures waiting to be discovered—and crying to be conserved.
by Eric Chivian

Doctor Who?
Test your wits on the wisdom of centuries of Harvard doctors.
by Fred R. Shapiro