The Doctor is a 1991 American film directed by Randa Haines and starring William Hurt as a doctor who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships.
Plot
Dr. Jack MacKee (William Hurt) has it all: friends, success, money, and no worries - that is, until he is diagnosed with throat cancer.
He then experiences life as a patient, including the coldness and detachment of his former colleagues. He begins to empathize with the patient, which is a new experience for him.
Eventually, he returns to work, and begins immediately to drill into the new incoming interns (whom he has charge of) the perspective of the patient and the patient's experiences by making the new interns spend 72 hours as patients.
Primary cast
Award (nominations)
Trivia
Adam Arkin, and Mandy Patinkin went on to play doctors (Neurologist Aaron Shutt, and Cardiologist Jeffrey Geiger, respectivly) in the David E. Kelley series "Chicago Hope", and was joined in later seasons by Christine Lahti
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