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Second Opinion

KCRW•www.kcrw.com

An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .

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Episodes

Inattentional Blindness

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

Mar 17, 2013•4 min

Substance Abuse and New Health Insurance Laws

How will old health problems fare under new laws?

Mar 03, 2013•4 min

How Hard to Push?

What do we do when people won't help themselves?

Feb 24, 2013•4 min

Conflict of Interest Rules for Drug Company Interactions

Does limiting contact between drug companies and doctors make a difference?

Feb 17, 2013•4 min

Politics, Guns and Public Health

Should doctors be involved in politics?

Feb 10, 2013•4 min

Abortions, Pregnancies and Roe v. Wade

Can we all agree on pregnancy prevention?

Jan 27, 2013•4 min

Prescribing drugs never proven to work

Jan 20, 2013•4 min

Drug prices are going through the roof!

Why have drug prices increased?

Jan 13, 2013•4 min

Doctors' Hours

Why must doctors work bankers' hours?

Dec 30, 2012•4 min

Liberties versus Public Health

When should the government step in to protect us?

Dec 23, 2012•4 min

Disease Mongering

Male menopause...

Dec 16, 2012•4 min

Research on childhood illnesses

Can we better understand how children perceive research?

Dec 09, 2012•4 min

New Hospital Discharge Rules

Hospitals may be forced to work as part of a system...

Dec 02, 2012•4 min

Stress

The effect of stress on our health...

Nov 25, 2012•4 min

The Impact of Still Births

The loss can be devastating …

Nov 18, 2012•4 min

Intellectual Property Rights

Do we really want to keep poor people from using our drugs?

Nov 11, 2012•4 min

Tropical Diseases

Unusual tropical diseases in the US...

Nov 04, 2012•4 min

Doctors' Salaries

How much should doctors be paid?

Oct 28, 2012•4 min

Medicine Driven by Incentives

Incentives may drive the care you receive...

Oct 21, 2012•4 min

Patenting Genes

Should society allow companies to patent genes?

Oct 14, 2012•4 min

CNN Has Forgotten Its Mission

CNN chooses to promote a cancer hospital...

Oct 07, 2012•4 min

Rationing Health Care

Sep 30, 2012•4 min

Frequent Flyers

High utilizers of healthcare

Sep 23, 2012•4 min

Is the Physical Exam Necessary?

There are two schools of thought...

Sep 16, 2012•4 min

Food Insecurity in America

How can we help to prevent hunger in America?

Sep 09, 2012•4 min

Internet Pornography

Can this become a health problem?

Sep 02, 2012•4 min

Sleeping with Snorers

Aug 26, 2012•4 min

Olympic Syndrome

The importance of labeling an event

Aug 12, 2012•4 min

Closet Psychiatrists

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

Aug 05, 2012•4 min

Offering CPR when not indicated

Jul 29, 2012•4 min

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