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First Do No Harm (DVD)


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First Do No Harm (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1997 / Director: Jim Abrahams / Actors: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward ... / DVD released ... more
First Do No Harm (DVD) ... 10 July, 2000 at Odyssey / Features of the DVD: PAL / The true story of one woman's struggle against a narrow-minded medical establishment, the film follows Lori Reimuller (Meryl Streep) as she learns of her young son Robbie's epilepsy. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, despite the treatments offered by medical staff, she becomes increasingly frustrated and desperate. Eventually, after doing her own research into the disease, she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, and is shocked at the hostile response from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from getting him out of the hospital.

Newest Review: ... Bennett Dr Abbasac - Alison Janney Marsha Williams - Oni Faida Lampley. So, you may be asking, why would a big star like ... more

 ... Meryl Streep star in a low budget, made for TV film such as this? The answer is she was friends with the producer and director, Jim Abrahams, whose son went through a similar experience as Robbie, and whose seizures are now controlled by the ketogenic diet. This film is an attempt to publisise the diet, and therefore bring hope to those families affected by severe, uncontrolled epilepsy. ***************************** ******* Who should watch this film?? ********************************* *** This is not a film for t...more

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First Do No Harm [DVD]
Release Date: 2000 - 07 - 10, Rating Parental Guidance,
Last Update 22.12.2009 05:45
£ 8.33


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Premium Review First Do No Harm (DVD): In Search Of A Miracle (935 words)
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First do no harm.." So says the hippocratic oath taken by doctors worldwide. But what if the drugs given to help your child actually make them worse. ***************** Synopsis ***************** The Riemuller's may be poor, but they are a loving and healthy family, until the day youngest son Robbie has a Seizure. More follow and he is diagnosed with epilepsy. So begins the families hardest and most heartwrenching journey. As Robbies condition deteriorates, and his ever increasing regimine of drugs fail to help, his parents go in search of a miracle cure. Meanwhile, the drugs used to "control" Robbie's ...  Read the complete review

 
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