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Q | Feb 28, 2013
Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.
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The Current | Feb 28, 2013
Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?
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Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013
A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.
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And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013
As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.
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Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013
We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.
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Dec 29, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Brian's Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Brian's Show Dec 29, 2012 | 27:30This week on White Coat, Black Art, Dr. Brian Goldman with three stories about the place where art and medicine meet that just happen to reflect his state of mind including a conversation with a fellow ER physician who's made a name for himself in another field:
filmmaking. Dr. Max Montalvo has directed a documentary and is now working on his third music video for the Canadian band the Tragically Hip. Brian asked him about balancing life in the ER with life behind the camera.
Sep 17, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Nurse Bullying AudioWhite Coat Black Art Nurse Bullying Sep 17, 2011 | 27:30There's a saying you hear in hospitals: nurses eat their young. Not doctors, paramedics, or physios, just nurses. Dr. Brian Goldman speaks with two nurses who say they were bullied by their colleagues, and find out how the experience affected them and their patients. He also speaks with Kathleen Bartholomew, the author of "Ending Nurse-to-Nurse Hostility: Why Nurses Eat Their Young and Each Other".
Dec 8, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Do Not Resuscitate AudioWhite 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.
Sep 29, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Unemployed Doctors AudioWhite 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.
Dec 14, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Adversity MDs:Breaking the silence AudioWhite 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.
Oct 6, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art The Drug Shortage AudioWhite Coat Black Art The Drug Shortage Oct 6, 2012 | 27:30This week an encore of our season opener on the drug shortage. 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.
Feb 4, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art No Appointment show AudioWhite Coat Black Art No Appointment show Feb 4, 2011 | 27:30A look at the promises and pitfalls of "no appointment" health care. We drop by a walk-in clinic in Ottawa and find out how doctors there manage to see up to 500 patients a day. You'll also hear from a health policy expert about why he believes walk-in clinics may be giving patients the fast service they want, but not the health care that they need.
Nov 14, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Taking Risks AudioWhite Coat Black Art Taking Risks Nov 14, 2012 | 27:30This week, risky business in health care...not a science debate over numbers but stories in which doctors and patients disagree about risk and why.
Nov 17, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Hospital Parking AudioWhite 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.
Nov 5, 2012 | 23:13White Coat Black Art Susan Robarts - full interview AudioWhite Coat Black Art Susan Robarts - full interview Nov 5, 2012 | 23:13Advanced practice physiotherapist Susan Robarts explains her unique role at the Holland Centre in Toronto, where she helps patients find alternative to hip and knee surgery. It's cut down on unneeded surgery and shortened waiting lists.
Mar 12, 2011 | 27:26White Coat Black Art Concierge Medicine Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Concierge Medicine Show Mar 12, 2011 | 27:26These days, lots of people want priority access to everything from concerts to banking, and willing to pay for that privilege. Health care is no exception. "Concierge medicine" flourishes in the US, and it exists here too.
Sep 24, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Rural Medicine AudioWhite Coat Black Art Rural Medicine Sep 24, 2011 | 27:30This week, we tackle the shortage of rural physicians in Canada, a precarious balance that can affect the health of the stalwart physicians who stick around, and the patients who depend on them.
Sep 8, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Nagui's Choice AudioWhite 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.
Nov 3, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Unnecessary Surgery AudioWhite Coat Black Art Unnecessary Surgery Nov 3, 2012 | 27:30This 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 journalist Holly Bridges looked for options other than a hysterectomy to treat her bleeding -- she faced a system resistant to change. She talks to Brian about her new book 'The UNHysterectomy'
Mar 26, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Moral Distress 2011 Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Moral Distress 2011 Show Mar 26, 2011 | 27:30Most of us can say there's at least one task at work we find distasteful or uncomfortable. But what if every day you faced the possibility of moral distress on the job? That's when you believe you know what's the ethical thing to do....but for one reason or another, can't make it happen. It's the reality for health care workers. And a shock for young nurses when they first come into the system.
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