خلاصه داستان : هارولد لیر اورولوژیست نیویورکی وقتی دچار حمله قلبی می شود و با یک موسسه پزشکی مواجه می شود که به نظر نمی رسد برای کمک به او مجهز باشد، طعم داروی خود را می چشد. همسر مارتا وارد عمل می شود تا با سیستم مبارزه کند...

New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.