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Dec 23, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Obesity 2011 show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Obesity 2011 show Dec 23, 2010 | 27:30It's taboo these days to discriminate based on the colour of someone's skin, or where they're from. But there's some people we still make fun of with impunity: fat people. And the insensitivity doesn't stop at the hospital door. This week, how the health system treats obesity. From the surgeons who operate, to the doctors who are fat themselves.
Dec 23, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Residents Panel show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Residents Panel show Dec 23, 2010 | 27:30Five medical residents speak with Dr. Brian Goldman about learning how to care for patients who are dying. Sometimes these are patients who've been very sick, but sometimes a healthy patient's situation can change unexpectedly for the worse and the responsibility falls to a resident to deliver the news.
Dec 17, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Knee-high Medicine show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Knee-high Medicine show Dec 17, 2010 | 27:30This week, a look at how hospitals help young patients feel comfortable in unfamilar surroundings. We'll meet a therapeutic clown, young members of a hospital children's council and more.
Dec 10, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Lights and Sirens show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Lights and Sirens show Dec 10, 2010 | 27:30This week, a look at the call for emergency help from the perspective of those coming to the rescue and those in need. You'll hear what it's like for paramedics to race to a call, and about the difficult life and decisions one trauma surgeon made while helping the wounded in Haiti after the earthquake. All this and more on White Coat, Black Art's "Lights and Sirens" show.
Dec 9, 2010 | 9:47White Coat Black Art Dr. Ofer Merin on Helping the Wounded in Haiti AudioWhite Coat Black Art Dr. Ofer Merin on Helping the Wounded in Haiti Dec 9, 2010 | 9:47Trauma surgeon Dr. Ofer Merin speaks with host Dr. Brian Goldman about the difficult choices he needed to make in Haiti, treating the wounded immediately after the earthquake.
Dec 3, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Stress show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Stress show Dec 3, 2010 | 27:30This week, we look at health care under pressure. From over crowded ERs, to stressed out health care workers.
Dec 2, 2010 | 4:57White Coat Black Art Francoise Mathieu on Stressed Out Health Care Workers AudioWhite Coat Black Art Francoise Mathieu on Stressed Out Health Care Workers Dec 2, 2010 | 4:57Dr. Brian Goldman speaks with mental health counsellor Francoise Mathieu, who counsels health-care workers who are stressed out, over-worked and burned out.
Nov 26, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Unmentionables 2010 show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Unmentionables 2010 show Nov 26, 2010 | 27:30We all get embarrassed by something, sometime. But when it involves your health, can you drum up the courage to confess it to your doctor? This week on White Coat, Black Art: the embarrassing conditions that stop you from getting help. Anti-depressants? Sexual health? Or what's up with your colon ... we're taking a look.
Nov 25, 2010 | 2:21White Coat Black Art Getting Patients Comfortable Spilling the Beans AudioWhite Coat Black Art Getting Patients Comfortable Spilling the Beans Nov 25, 2010 | 2:21Dr. Brian Goldman speaks with two doctors about how to encourage patients to speak openly about embarrassing health problems.
Nov 19, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Home Care show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Home Care show Nov 19, 2010 | 27:30There was a time when home care meant exactly that, being looked after by qualified health professionals in the comfort and privacy of your own home. But that's happening less and less these days. This week we hear why home care has changed over the years, and ideas on how to bring it back to good health.
Nov 17, 2010 | 3:45White Coat Black Art Rina Krans on Home Care AudioWhite Coat Black Art Rina Krans on Home Care Nov 17, 2010 | 3:45Rina Krans shares her experiences with "home care" after an operation for breast cancer.
Nov 12, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art In Sickness and Health show AudioWhite Coat Black Art In Sickness and Health show Nov 12, 2010 | 27:30A year ago people were in a panic to get the H1N1 vaccine. Today, it's like the outbreak never happened. This week White Coat Black Art asks what the fuss about H1N1 was all about -- and how prepared are we for the next pandemic?
And a look at what happens when sick doctors and nurses show up for work. We call them out -- on calling in.
Nov 5, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Healthy Design show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Healthy Design show Nov 5, 2010 | 27:30This week, healthy design. Modern medical gizmos can save lives. But sometimes, they kill.
Dr. Brian Goldman demonstrates why a medical gadget used everyday at Canadian hospitals may be too complicated for nurses and doctors to operate.
Also on the program an architect takes Brian on a tour of a brand new psychiatric hospital that's trying to strike a balance between hominess for patients and staff security.
And a hospital design guru counts the astonishing number of footsteps your average RN takes during a typical shift at work.
Nov 4, 2010 | 52:34White Coat Black Art Residents Panel - Circling The Drain AudioWhite Coat Black Art Residents Panel - Circling The Drain Nov 4, 2010 | 52:34Doctors can find it difficult to make the turn from saving patients to helping them die well. Nobody knows that better than residents.
Here's the full interview with a remarkable group of residents at McMaster University who spoke to Brian about those moments...and some of the jarring shorthand doctors use to talk about the end of life.
Oct 29, 2010 | 27:30White Coat Black Art When Your Life is Circling The Drain show AudioWhite Coat Black Art When Your Life is Circling The Drain show Oct 29, 2010 | 27:30Most of us aren't ready to face or even talk about the end of life. On this episode of White Coat Black Art we come to grips with accepting death and what that means for you.
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