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White Coat Black Art | Sep 29, 2012 | 27:30

Unemployed Doctors

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.

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White Coat Black Art - Brian's ShowDec 29, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Brian's Show Audio
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White Coat Black Art - Do Not ResuscitateDec 8, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Do Not Resuscitate Audio
White Coat Black Art Do Not Resuscitate Dec 8, 2012 | 27:30DNR is code for 'Do Not Resuscitate', a signed order on your hospital chart not to start CPR if your heart stops or put you on a ventilator if you stop breathing. This week Dr. Brian Goldman looks at how family members respond when doctors ask for a Do Not Resuscitate order on a loved one — and the perspective of doctors and nurses on getting the DNR.
White Coat Black Art - Unemployed DoctorsSep 29, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Unemployed Doctors Audio
White Coat Black Art Unemployed Doctors Sep 29, 2012 | 27:30For 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.
White Coat Black Art - Hospital ParkingNov 17, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Hospital Parking Audio
White Coat Black Art Hospital Parking Nov 17, 2012 | 27:30A 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 hysterectomies.
White Coat Black Art - Sully Sullenberger - Full InterviewNov 24, 2012 | 19:34White Coat Black Art Sully Sullenberger - Full Interview Audio
White Coat Black Art Sully Sullenberger - Full Interview Nov 24, 2012 | 19:34In 2009 Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, safely guided US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York…saving everyone on board. Now he's bringing hard fought lessons from aviation safety to the world of medicine. Here's Brian's full conversation with Sully Sullenberger from this fall's Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival in California.
White Coat Black Art - Sully ShowNov 24, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Sully Show Audio
White Coat Black Art Sully Show Nov 24, 2012 | 27:30This week, using the hard fought lessons from the aviation industry to make health care safer and avoid medical mistakes. Brian Goldman speaks to Captain Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who safely guided US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the Hudson River -- saving everyone on board. Sully and others speak about how the principles of aviation safety can be applied the world of medicine.
White Coat Black Art - Adversity MDs:Breaking the silenceDec 14, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Adversity MDs:Breaking the silence Audio
White Coat Black Art Adversity MDs:Breaking the silence Dec 14, 2012 | 27:30This week stories from three up-and-coming MDs that will surprise you. All three live with a disability and it's not often their stories get told. That's because there's been an tradition of keeping quiet when you face any kind of adversity in medicine.But if you needed proof that attitude is changing -- these three are it.
White Coat Black Art - Nagui's ChoiceSep 8, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Nagui's Choice Audio
White Coat Black Art Nagui's Choice Sep 8, 2012 | 27:30Nagui 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.
White Coat Black Art - Bad HabitsOct 13, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Bad Habits Audio
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White Coat Black Art - Susan Robarts - full interviewNov 5, 2012 | 23:13White Coat Black Art Susan Robarts - full interview Audio
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White Coat Black Art - Taking RisksNov 14, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Taking Risks Audio
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White Coat Black Art - Full Interivew: Steve DanielDec 14, 2012 | 14:39White Coat Black Art Full Interivew: Steve Daniel Audio
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White Coat Black Art - MDs in the FamilyDec 22, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art MDs in the Family Audio
White Coat Black Art MDs in the Family Dec 22, 2012 | 27:30On a holiday edition of White Coat Black Art, what it's like when being a doctor is a family business. We'll meet two med student sisters from Harvard who both blog about medicine. Plus a conversation with ZDogg M.D. He's a Las Vegas internist whose music video parodies about modern medicine have already gone viral with a cult following of doctors. All that and we announce the winners of the White Coat Black Art medical parody contest.
White Coat Black Art - Laura Adams SpeechNov 23, 2012 | 39:07White Coat Black Art Laura Adams Speech Audio
White Coat Black Art Laura Adams Speech Nov 23, 2012 | 39:07Laura Adams runs an institute that's transforming health care in Rhode Island. As a young nurse, she saw ways to improve the system to reduce medical errors. But her world view really changed when she became a patient. Last June, she gave the keynote address at a tribute to the late Dr. Robert Buckman.
White Coat Black Art - Ask Dr. BrianDec 31, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Ask Dr. Brian Audio
White Coat Black Art Ask Dr. Brian Dec 31, 2011 | 27:30In our season finale, host Dr. Brian Goldman answers listeners' questions about how and why the health care system works the way it does.

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