The Doctor Fights
Medicine for the Enemy
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The Doctor Fights is a wartime radio drama centered on doctors confronting the demands and dangers of medical service during conflict. Its title points to a series where the work of healing is set against the pressures of war, bringing professional duty and human stakes into the same dramatic frame.
Radio storytelling makes the medical setting immediate through dialogue, performance, and sound. The episode title, “Medicine for the Enemy,” suggests a moral dilemma at the heart of care: whether a doctor’s responsibility extends to an opposing soldier. The drama invites listeners to consider the tension between compassion, medical ethics, and the divisions created by war.
The result is a serious, human-centered listening experience, focused on the choices people face when the principles of medicine meet the realities of conflict.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.