I discuss the way in which contemporary medical dramas incorporate a strong melodramatic tone (my understanding of melodrama is informed by Deborah Thomas's remarkable book, Beyond Genre) in my forthcoming book Body Trauma TV.
See,
http://www.bfi.org.uk/bookvid/books/catalogue/details.php?bookid=270
Dr Jason Jacobs
Senior Lecturer
School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies
Researcher, Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy
Griffith University
Nathan Campus
Queensland 4111
Australia
Phone: (07) 3875 5164
Fax: (07) 3875 7730
http://www.gu.edu.au/school/fmc
http://www.gu.edu.au/CMP
