Episode
Chicago Hope: Mother, May I?
Overview
Kate flies to Washington with Tommy to speak to Congress about health care. Back in Chicago, her friend Marina makes a decision about adoption. McNeil's patint Harriett Owens is hospitalized again.
Details
- Series
- Chicago Hope
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1997-02-17
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Mother, May I? is Episode 17 in Season 3 of Chicago Hope. It aired on 1997-02-17. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 16: Missed Conception
An old friend of Austin's asks for help in getting pregnant. A cancer patient needs marijuana for her well being. Shutt's friend returns from Italy without his wife.
Episode 18: Growing Pains
Aaron and Phillip announce that they are buying the hospital from Wilmette, although their plans for keping the solvent do not please any of their colleagues. An HMO lawyer obsessed with ""patient responsibilty"" holds the reins on some lucrative coronary-bypass business. A patient with private insurance receives test after test for all of his petty complaints.
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