Release Date

16 Feb, 1997

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

She went looking for help... and found a miracle

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.

Original Title

...First Do No Harm

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Actors

Meryl Streep

Fred Ward

Allison Janney

Seth Adkins

Margo Martindale

Tom Butler

Leo Burmester

Mairon Bennett

Michael Yarmush

Damir Andrei

Millicent Kelly

Oni Faida Lampley

Philip Akin

Philip Williams

Sean McCann

Crew

Jim Abrahams

Ann Beckett

Terry Stokes

Meryl Streep

Kevin Alanthwaite

Jim Abrahams

Michael Jaffe

Howard Braunstein

Pierre Letarte

Jackie Burch

Deirdre Bowen

Wayne Jacques

Karen Bromley

Lynne MacKay