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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:

 Doctors' Salaries | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How much should doctors be paid?

 Medicine Driven by Incentives | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Incentives may drive the care you receive...

 Patenting Genes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Should society allow companies to patent genes?

 CNN Has Forgotten Its Mission | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

CNN chooses to promote a cancer hospital...

 Rationing Health Care | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rationing Health Care

 Frequent Flyers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

High utilizers of healthcare

 Is the Physical Exam Necessary? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

There are two schools of thought...

 Food Insecurity in America | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How can we help to prevent hunger in America?

 Internet Pornography | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Can this become a health problem?

 Sleeping with Snorers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Sleeping with Snorers

 Olympic Syndrome | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The importance of labeling an event

 Closet Psychiatrists | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Our need for a label when faced with uncertainty...

 Offering CPR when not indicated | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Offering CPR when not indicated

 CPR in the Hospital | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Is CPR really all it is cracked up to be?

 Testing for Alzheimer's Disease | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Are there benefits of testing for Alzheimer's Disease?

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