...First Do No Harm (1997)

When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital.
- Released
- 1997-02-16
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jim Abrahams
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 41 votes
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Lori Reimuller
- Fred Ward as Dave Reimuller
- Allison Janney as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
- Seth Adkins as Robbie Reimuller
- Margo Martindale as Marjean
- Tom Butler as Dr. Jim Peterson
- Leo Burmester as Bob Purdue
- Mairon Bennett as Lynne Reimuller
- Michael Yarmush as Mark Reimuller
- Damir Andrei
- Millicent Kelly as Self
- Oni Faida Lampley as Marsha Williams
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