...First Do No Harm (1997)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Meryl Streep	...	Lori Reimuller
	Fred Ward	...	Dave Reimuller
	Seth Adkins	...	Robbie Reimuller
	Allison Janney	...	Dr. Melanie Abbasac
	Margo Martindale	...	Marjean
	Oni Faida Lampley	...	Marsha Williams
	Leo Burmester	...	Bob Purdue
	Tom Butler	...	Jim Peterson
	Mairon Bennett	...	Lynne Reimuller
	Michael Yarmush	...	Mark Reimuller
	Millicent Kelly	...	Herself
	Diana Belshaw	...	Business Rep.
	Lorraine Brockway	...	Lili's Grandmother
	Dick Callahan	...	Gene Falconetti
	Hugo Dann	...	Priest

Storyline

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. This movie is an indictment of those in the medical profession who discuss only the treatment options they favor. Several of the minor characters are portrayed by people who have been not just helped, but cured by the Ketogenic diet. Written by Debra K. Day <dday@uic.edu>  

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