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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:

 Disease Mongering: A Public Forum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A live discussion to engage and enlighten.

 Refugees in Germany | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Medical care is just one issue.

 It's Time for Your Flu Shot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

But we're not getting quite what's promised.

 It's Time for Your Flu Shot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

But we're not getting quite what's promised.

 PET Scans for Early Cancer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Not exactly high tech!

 A Return of an Old Plague | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A result of a changing climate...

 Stopping CPR | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What is easy to start can be far more difficult to stop.

 Does Greed Know No Limits? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Drug prices with no caps...

 The Power of Words | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Changing the goals in emergency medicine...

 A Half-Baked Pie | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why tease us with punch lines we can’t understand?

 A Half-Baked Pie | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why tease us with punch lines we can?t understand?

 There's a Great Deal of Meaning in a Name | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Change does not come easily....

 There's a Great Deal of Meaning in a Name | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Change does not come easily....

 An Insider's Look at Breast Cancer Care | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A perspective from Dr. Susan Love...

 Again We Find More Is Not Better | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What good can come of new medical evidence?

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