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KCRW's Second Opinion show

KCRW's Second Opinion

Summary: An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Dr. Michael Wilkes is a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Medical Education at UC Davis. He takes on the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries and raises the issues that people face head-on when making medical decisions.

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Podcasts:

 Another Reason that American Medical Care Is So Expensive | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

CEO Salaries

 More is Less | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Doing nothing can often have important benefits.

 How Many Beds in the Hospital Room? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Do you want a private room?

 Futile Care in the ICU | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How common is it?

 Cutting the Duration of Medical School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Reducing cost and improving quality.

 Medical Non-adherence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why do we not take our medications?

 Change Doesn't Come Easily | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

We are often creatures of habit...

 How Doctors Think | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Cognitive psychology can shed some light on medical error.

 It Takes Two to Tango | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The doctor and patient need to work together.

 Being a Nice Person | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Does it mean you get better health care?

 Offering a Prognosis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Offering a Prognosis

 Doctors and Drug Company Sales Reps | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why can't we cancel these meetings?

 Pay for Delay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Yet another way to keep drug prices high...

 Doctors and Drug Company Sales Reps | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why can't we cancel these meetings?

 Random Drug Testing for Doctors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A test in search of a problem...

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