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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:

 Elective Cesarean Sections | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Can a person just decide (s)he wants surgery?

 Overtreatment Is Killing Us | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why can't we stop using treatments that don't work?

 Treating Fat People | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

One group for which bias seems deep rooted...

 Would We Be Healthier if We Increased Clinical Testing? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Clinical testing is not always a panacea...

 Can We Play Nicely in the Sandbox? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What will it take for nurse practitioners and doctors to collaborate and focus on us?

 Variations in Quantity and Cost of Care | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What do rates and cost differ from one location to the next?

 Secret Shoppers in Healthcare | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Is it ethical to use secret shoppers to evaluate doctors?

 What Is a Mental Illness? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The new DSM 5 creates the labels...

 Risk in a Crazy World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How do we understand the risk of life?

 Less Is Often More | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The lessons of inappropriate care...

 Emergency Contraception | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

New access for young women who make a mistake.

 Back Pain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why are there so many treatments?

 Stigmatizing Language | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Words really do matter...

 Inattentional Blindness | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Failing to see what is right in front of our nose...

 Substance Abuse and New Health Insurance Laws | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How will old health problems fare under new laws?

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