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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- Artist: Michael Wilkes, KCRW
- Copyright: KCRW 2014
Podcasts:
Cleaning the barbecue can be dangerous if you're not careful...
Why do we order Vitamin D tests?
How we do benefit from money spent overseas?
Translators cost hospitals tens of thousands of dollars each year, but do they make a difference in care?
The final recommendations are out...
With a fraction the number of doctors needed?.
Widespread availability of antibiotics in developing nations... (This week doctor Wilkes is working in rural Nicaragua with a group of medical students and residents.)
Is this the best way to achieve the goals of improved health?
Do you really want to ask for preauthorization for 911 services?
We need to address this problem with new solutions...
What decided these doctors were top doctors?
Where would we be without them?
An almost uniformly fatal disease...
When a patent is soon to expire drug companies will pull out all the stops?
Are there ways to reduce the carbon footprint of American medicine?
