No joke, how can a discussion be had about medical shows without mentioning the show most true to what really goes on in hospitals? I know Scrubs is over but, despite the musical numbers and imaginary sequences, it was the most accurate medical show ever. Realistic issues covered: hospitals are a huge bureaucracy, whether you have insurance influences how much care you get, patients die despite heroic efforts, sometimes patients get cured on accident, surgery vs medicine, at first the nurses know more than the interns about patient treatment but then the interns surpass the nurses, I could go on.