Life Support

Name: Life Support
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-07-19
Cast: Aisling O'Sullivan, Art Malik, Richard Wilson, Gilbert Martin, Julie Graham

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Drama

Creator:Ashley Pharoah

Life Support is a 1999 British medical drama series aired across six episodes on BBC Scotland. Katherine Doone works as a clinical ethicist at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital. Her job is to make the big decisions about what's best for the patient's long-term treatment.

Details

StatusEnded

First AiredJuly 19, 1999

Last AiredAugust 23, 1999

Episode Runtime1sa

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeScripted

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

scotland hospital medical drama ethics

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Last Episode

S1 E6 • 8/23/1999

The Undiscovered Country

The husband of a woman with motor-neurone disease doesn't want her to be resuscitated. A wife and his mistress both want to see a coma patient. Doone's father suffers a heart attack and is comatose, forcing her to make a big decision.