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Sep 30, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art White Coat Black Art: Medicine's Big Fat Bias AudioWhite Coat Black Art White Coat Black Art: Medicine's Big Fat Bias Sep 30, 2013 | 27:29Hospitals today are facing an epidemic of morbibly obese patients but with poor training and lack of proper equipment, many doctors would rather take care of almost anyone else.
Sep 28, 2013 | 27:09White Coat Black Art My Big Fat Bias AudioWhite Coat Black Art My Big Fat Bias Sep 28, 2013 | 27:09Hospitals today are facing an epidemic of mordibly obese patients but with poor training and lack of proper equipment, many doctors would rather take care of almost anyone else.
Sep 21, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art Patient Engagement at Kingston General Hospital AudioWhite Coat Black Art Patient Engagement at Kingston General Hospital Sep 21, 2013 | 27:29Big changes are in the air and Kingston General Hospital is on the leading edge. Until recently, it had a less than stellar reputation with patients. It recruited those same unhappy patients to give them advice on how to do things better.
Sep 28, 2013 | 19:58White Coat Black Art Dr. Arya Sharma Bariatric Specialist: In-Depth Interview AudioWhite Coat Black Art Dr. Arya Sharma Bariatric Specialist: In-Depth Interview Sep 28, 2013 | 19:58Dr. Arya Sharma is Professor and Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the University of Alberta. He's one of North America's foremost experts in obesity. More than just knowledge, Sharma brings empathy and understanding to his treatment of obesity.
Sep 28, 2013 | 19:58White Coat Black Art Dr. Arya Sharma, Bariatric Specialist - In-Depth Interview AudioWhite Coat Black Art Dr. Arya Sharma, Bariatric Specialist - In-Depth Interview Sep 28, 2013 | 19:58Dr. Arya Sharma is Professor and Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the University of Alberta. He's one of North America's foremost experts in obesity. More than just knowledge, Sharma brings empathy and understanding to his treatment of obesity.
Sep 14, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art Racist Patients AudioWhite Coat Black Art Racist Patients Sep 14, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art looks at one of medicine's most uncomfortable secrets: the patients who discriminate against the growing ranks of health professionals who belong to visible minorities and the system that lets those patients get away with it.
Sep 21, 2013 | 15:20White Coat Black Art Leslee Thompson Extended Interview AudioWhite Coat Black Art Leslee Thompson Extended Interview Sep 21, 2013 | 15:20A longer conversation with Leslee Thompson, CEO of Kingston General Hospital. Until recently, KGH had a less than stellar reputation with patients. It recruited those same unhappy patients to give them advice on how to do things better.
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 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".
Aug 30, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art The Language of Cancer AudioWhite Coat Black Art The Language of Cancer Aug 30, 2013 | 27:29A feature-length interview with Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Dr. Mukherjee reveals why we frame the disease in the language of war.
Sep 7, 2013 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Blowing the Whistle on Bad Medicine - Sept 9 AudioWhite Coat Black Art Blowing the Whistle on Bad Medicine - Sept 9 Sep 7, 2013 | 27:302013is shaping up as the Year of the Whistle Blower. But who is stepping up and speaking out in health care? As detailed in the season premiere of White Coat, Black Art, it's a difficult road for whistleblowers in health care.
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.
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 10, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Personal Support Workers AudioWhite Coat Black Art Personal Support Workers Sep 10, 2011 | 27:30At retirement homes, a growing number of Canada's seniors receive nursing care from personal support workers who say they're increasingly being asked to perform duties they aren't qualified to do, putting their reputations and your safety at risk.
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.
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