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A hospital visit is stressful enough without worrying about where you'll park and how much you'll wind up paying for the spot. This week a look at the pitfalls of hospital parking. We'll also have reaction to our earlier story on unnecessary hysterectomie

This week, risky business in health care. Not a science debate over numbers, but stories in which doctors and patients disagree about risk and why.

This week, risky business in health care...not a science debate over numbers but stories in which doctors and patients disagree about risk and why.

This week on White Coat Black Art: Are all trips to the operating room necessary? Hysterectomies are one of the most common major surgeries performed on North American women. But many hysterectomies may be medically unnecessary. When patient and journalis

This week on White Coat, Black Art with Dr. Brian Goldman: Putting a price on life. 54-year old Jamie McKinley is dying from a rare brain tumour. There is hope in a new drug called Avastin which seems to be helping others like him live longer. But there's

This week, customer service comes to the hospital. Dr. Brian Goldman visits one of the first Emergency Rooms in Canada to tell you how long you'll have to wait to see the doctor. And find out how patients in the ICU react when they are asked a common cust

This week on White Coat Black Art: the medicalization of unhealthy habits. Can patients be motivated to exercise by labelling couch potato-hood a disease?

This week, an encore of a program that first aired in February 2011. We look at one of the most pressing problems for people with dementia and their families: patients who wander from home and hospital.

For those of you who can't find a doctor...here's an unbelievable situation: more and more young doctors can't find a job. Brian talks to some newly-minted surgeons about how MD unemployment affects them and you.

Nearly three-quarters of Canadians have tried a complementary medical therapy at least once. On this week's program, Dr. Brian Goldman finds out why more and more people are seeking out alternative medicine — and why some MDs feel threatened by that.

When Nagui Morcos was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, he vowed he would end his life before the disease robbed him of the ability to do so. On this week's program we hear about Nagui's final days and look at his lasting impact.

Nagui Morcos - ill with Huntington's disease - was one of very few people in Canada to publicly declare a desire to end his own life. We have an exclusive final interview in which he and his partner Jan Crowley talk about Nagui's agonizing decision.

There's a critical shortage of essential prescription drugs in Canada. Hear from an anesthesiologist in Halifax and others who say the system is broken and the lives of patients are in danger.

In our season finale, host Dr. Brian Goldman answers listeners' questions about how and why the health care system works the way it does.

Prescription narcotics are increasingly popular with young people looking for a quick high. It's a huge concern since these painkillers can be highly addictive or even deadly. In Part Two of this one hour public town hall from Brockville, Ontario called Generation R-x: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication, Dr. Brian Goldman and an expert panel look at the use of prescription opioids.