Doctors in Star Trek: Dr. Beverley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation. (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grech, Victor
• Is Part Of: Early human development. Volume 144(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Fetus -- Periodicals; Neonatology -- Periodicals; Prenatal influences -- Periodicals; 612.65
• DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.104990
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0378-3782

Abstract

Abstract: This paper will review Dr. Beverly Crusher in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and in subsequent films. This formidable woman epitomizes the rise of feminism in the 1980s and 1990s, with the subsequent feminization of all of the professions, including medicine. She is a widowed single mother, a beautiful woman and an extremely competent medic who delivers care with compassion. Her sense of ethics is boundless and her abilities also include command capacity, with the ability to take control of the starship if required. Crusher is a role model not only for female health care providers, but for us all.