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* Subverted and played with in regards to Paul Nathan, a medical student played by Don Cheadle for an arc in season 9. Paul suffers from Parkinson's disease, and is insistent that he is should be able to make his way through his surgical rotation despite the debilitating effects of his illness. While Paul continually talks about never giving up hope and that there may one day be a cure, it's repeatedly shown that his condition makes it impossible to maintain the pace that is needed to be a surgeon or an ER doctor, and ultimately he fails his rotation. Played with in the fact that he is informed that while he may not have what it takes to make it as a surgeon, his skills with patients shows that he could have a future as an advocate or psychiatrist.
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* LabcoatOfMedicineAndScience: Most of the doctoral staff that work directly with patients wear a white labcoat unless in surgery. This is in contrast to the nursing staff, who wear only scrub, and administration, who wear suits. The ''length'' of the labcoat becomes a minor plot point in a season 13 episode, when Pratt, the ER attending, buys a one for Tony Gates, a parademic-turned-medical student who is a bit full of himself. His confidence had led to many patients assuming he was more qualified than he was, and Pratt makes it a point to buy him a ''short'' labcoat, as this denotes his status as a medical student who is still learning. As opposed to a longer one that would indicate he was a resident or a full-fledged physician. This was, at one point, TruthInTelevision, though labcoats at all are becoming outdated.
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* LabcoatOfMedicineAndScience: LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Most of the doctoral staff that work directly with patients wear a white labcoat unless in surgery. This is in contrast to the nursing staff, who wear only scrub, and administration, who wear suits. The ''length'' of the labcoat becomes a minor plot point in a season 13 episode, when Pratt, the ER attending, buys a one for Tony Gates, a parademic-turned-medical student who is a bit full of himself. His confidence had led to many patients assuming he was more qualified than he was, and Pratt makes it a point to buy him a ''short'' labcoat, as this denotes his status as a medical student who is still learning. As opposed to a longer one that would indicate he was a resident or a full-fledged physician. This was, at one point, TruthInTelevision, though labcoats at all are becoming outdated.
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* MathematiciansAnswer: When Elizabeth is dealing with a malpractice suit, the hospital's lawyer asks her if she knows what time it was. She looks at her watch and tells him. He tells her he'd like her to get out of the habit of giving more information than was asked, because she needs to be careful about what she says in depositions -- essentially, he's telling her she should start giving him Mathematician's Answers. Then he asks again if she knows what time it is. She simply says, "Yes."
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* CoolOldGuy: Mark thinks that Anspaugh will turn out to be a {{Jerkass}}, only for him to be this instead. Anspaugh, as it transpires, does have his cantankerous moments, but he's generally a kind and understanding person (see Carter's transfer to Emergency Medicine).
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** Mark thinks that Anspaugh will turn out to be a {{Jerkass}}, only for him to be this instead. Anspaugh, as it transpires, does have his cantankerous moments, but he's generally a kind and understanding person (see Carter's transfer to EmergencyMedicine).Medicine).
** In "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," an elderly man is brought into the ER with multi-organ failure. Mark's not even sure if they should be trying to revive him and tells the nurses to try to find out if he has a Do Not Resuscitate order. In the meantime he goes through the motions, and the old guy keeps pulling through somehow. His son shows up, but seems fairly unintelligent, doesn't understand Mark's questions about whether his father would want to live on a machine, and doesn't remember signing his father's living will stating that he didn't want to. He leaves, and Mark is just about to take the old man off the ventilator when the man (played by Creator/LawrenceTierney) wakes up. The first thing he says is, "Call me Jack." Later, he and Mark are talking.
-->'''Jack:''' ...So there he was, naked as a jaybird. I mean, not a stitch. So I said, "Son, what the hell are you doing?" He turns, looks straight at me, says, [[MathematiciansAnswer "Fishing, Pop. Fishing."]] He's a sweet boy, just... slow.
-->'''Mark:''' You want me to call him?
-->'''Jack:''' No. I don't like him driving at night.
-->'''Mark:''' We're gonna transfer you up to intensive care. They'll make sure you're comfortable. Is there anything else I can do?
-->'''Jack:''' No. I had a good spin. Saw two wars, ten Chevys. Boston, San Francisco, Paris, France. Married a woman who put up with me, and died as beautiful as the day we met. Can't ask for more.
** Mark thinks that Anspaugh will turn out to be a {{Jerkass}}, only for him to be this instead. Anspaugh, as it transpires, does have his cantankerous moments, but he's generally a kind and understanding person (see Carter's transfer to Emergency
** In "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," an elderly man is brought into the ER with multi-organ failure. Mark's not even sure if they should be trying to revive him and tells the nurses to try to find out if he has a Do Not Resuscitate order. In the meantime he goes through the motions, and the old guy keeps pulling through somehow. His son shows up, but seems fairly unintelligent, doesn't understand Mark's questions about whether his father would want to live on a machine, and doesn't remember signing his father's living will stating that he didn't want to. He leaves, and Mark is just about to take the old man off the ventilator when the man (played by Creator/LawrenceTierney) wakes up. The first thing he says is, "Call me Jack." Later, he and Mark are talking.
-->'''Jack:''' ...So there he was, naked as a jaybird. I mean, not a stitch. So I said, "Son, what the hell are you doing?" He turns, looks straight at me, says, [[MathematiciansAnswer "Fishing, Pop. Fishing."]] He's a sweet boy, just... slow.
-->'''Mark:''' You want me to call him?
-->'''Jack:''' No. I don't like him driving at night.
-->'''Mark:''' We're gonna transfer you up to intensive care. They'll make sure you're comfortable. Is there anything else I can do?
-->'''Jack:''' No. I had a good spin. Saw two wars, ten Chevys. Boston, San Francisco, Paris, France. Married a woman who put up with me, and died as beautiful as the day we met. Can't ask for more.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Aside from the two notable aversions of RaceForYourLove cited above, when Carol's fiancé Tag dumps her on their wedding day after forcing her to admit that she doesn't love him the way he loves her, he describes just how he feels about her--"''Every'' day, I thank God for bringing you into my life." That DisposableFiance is a ''person'' with just as many valid feelings as the main characters.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in "Family Practice". Mark is in San Diego visiting his dad in a military hospital when the doctors there get swamped due to a helicopter crash. While Mark is certainly [[NotThatKindOfDoctor that kind of doctor]], he's not on the staff, nor is he licensed to practice in the state of California, but the military docs aren't feeling picky about it given the circumstances. They compromise by having him talk an intern through a procedure rather than doing it himself. Probably a case of writers who DidNotDoTheResearch, as in reality, military and government hospitals allow any licensed physicians to practice regardless of what state carries the doctor's license. Mark's Illinois medical license would've been perfectly valid at any military hospital in the U.S.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in "Family Practice". Mark is in San Diego visiting his dad in a military hospital when the doctors there get swamped due to a helicopter crash. While Mark is certainly [[NotThatKindOfDoctor that kind of doctor]], he's not on the staff, nor is he licensed to practice in the state of California, but the military docs aren't feeling picky about it given the circumstances. They compromise by having him talk an intern through a procedure rather than doing it himself. Probably a case of writers who DidNotDoTheResearch, experienced an InUniverseFactoidFailure, as in reality, military and government hospitals allow any licensed physicians to practice regardless of what state carries the doctor's license. Mark's Illinois medical license would've been perfectly valid at any military hospital in the U.S.
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* BrutalHonesty: Benton in particular was never one to mince words with his patients, especially in the early years, such as when he bluntly chided a teenager with diabetes.
-->'''Benton:''' You have a disease. You want to pretend you ''don't''. Maybe you won't be able to do all the things the other kids can, but if you don't take your insulin...you'll ''die''.
-->'''Benton:''' You have a disease. You want to pretend you ''don't''. Maybe you won't be able to do all the things the other kids can, but if you don't take your insulin...you'll ''die''.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in "Family Practice". Mark is in San Diego visiting his dad in a military hospital when the doctors there get swamped due to a helicopter crash. While Mark is certainly [[NotThatKindOfDoctor that kind of doctor]], he's not on the staff, nor is he licensed to practice in the state of California, but the military docs aren't feeling picky about it given the circumstances. They compromise by having him talk an intern through a procedure rather than doing it himself.
** In reality, military and government hospitals allow any licensed physicians to practice regardless of what state carries the doctor's license. Mark's Illinois medical license would've been perfectly valid at a military hospital in California.
** In reality, military and government hospitals allow any licensed physicians to practice regardless of what state carries the doctor's license. Mark's Illinois medical license would've been perfectly valid at a military hospital in California.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in "Family Practice". Mark is in San Diego visiting his dad in a military hospital when the doctors there get swamped due to a helicopter crash. While Mark is certainly [[NotThatKindOfDoctor that kind of doctor]], he's not on the staff, nor is he licensed to practice in the state of California, but the military docs aren't feeling picky about it given the circumstances. They compromise by having him talk an intern through a procedure rather than doing it himself.
** Inhimself. Probably a case of writers who DidNotDoTheResearch, as in reality, military and government hospitals allow any licensed physicians to practice regardless of what state carries the doctor's license. Mark's Illinois medical license would've been perfectly valid at a any military hospital in California.the U.S.
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* LabcoatOfMedicineAndScience: Most of the doctoral staff that work directly with patients wear a white labcoat unless in surgery. This is in contrast to the nursing staff, who wear only scrub, and administration, who wear suits. The ''length'' of the labcoat becomes a minor plot point in a season 13 episode, when Pratt, the ER attending, buys a one for Tony Gates, a parademic-turned-medical student who is a bit full of himself. His confidence had led to many patients assuming he was more qualified than he was, and Pratt makes it a point to buy him a ''short'' labcoat, as this denotes his status as a medical student who is still learning. As opposed to a longer one that would indicate he was a resident or a full-fledged physician. This was, at one point, TruthInTelevision, though labcoats at all are becoming outdated.
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* EasterEgg: In "The Human Shield," the abusive kidnapper refers to his victim as "Mezoti." This is a reference to a child character on Star Trek and the truism among police that all pedophiles are Star Trek fans. Neither part of the dark joke is explicitly discussed on-screen, it's just there for those in the know to connect the dots.
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* EasterEgg: In "The Human Shield," the abusive kidnapper refers to his victim as "Mezoti." "Mezoti". This is a reference to a child character on Star Trek and the truism among police that all pedophiles are Star Trek fans. Neither part of the dark joke is explicitly discussed on-screen, it's just there for those in the know to connect the dots.
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* EasterEgg: In "The Human Shield," the abusive kidnapper refers to his victim as "Mezoti." This is a reference to a child character on Star Trek and the truism among police that all pedophiles are Star Trek fans. Neither part of the dark joke is explicitly discussed on-screen, it's just there for those in the know to connect the dots.
