19 things medical dramas tend to get wrong about the healthcare industry

8) Simplifying Procedures

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Due to narrative and time restraints, medical drama sequences often downplay the complexities of actual medical procedures. Hence, some real-life approximations are simplified and even rendered inaccurate. For example, brain surgery might take several hours to complete, but within a few quick minutes on The Good Doctor, we watch Freddie Highmore's Shaun Murphy perform that surgery with relative comfort and speed, rarely reflecting or minimal depiction of the complex steps involved.

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