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Host Dr. Brian Goldman looks at how doctors have to market their services. Three stories about the art of patient persuasion.
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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".
Oct 15, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Can We Talk? AudioWhite Coat Black Art Can We Talk? Oct 15, 2011 | 27:30This week, a look at the nuances of language used by health care workers when they talk with patients, and each other.
Dec 3, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Generation Rx: Town Hall AudioWhite Coat Black Art Generation Rx: Town Hall Dec 3, 2011 | 27:30Prescription narcotics like OxyContin relieve pain but come with significant risk of addiction. Listen to our public town hall from Brockville, Ontario: "Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication".
Apr 9, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Will to Die / Part 2 & Overdiagnosed AudioWhite Coat Black Art Will to Die / Part 2 & Overdiagnosed Apr 9, 2011 | 27:30This week White Coat, Black Art features your emails and calls in response to our last show featuring Nagui Morcos, a man with Huntington's disease, who says he wants to end his own life. And you'll hear a conversation with Dr. Stephen Workman, a bioethicist, about this new territory for physicians, caring for patients who wish to kill themselves.
Also on the show, the problem of "overdiagnosis." The author of a new book talks about the downsides of advancements in medical testing that allow for early diagnoses.
Apr 30, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Healthy Skepticism AudioWhite Coat Black Art Healthy Skepticism Apr 30, 2011 | 27:30This week, why it's healthy to be skeptical. We'll give you some reasons why you should take what people in white coats say with a grain of salt.
May 23, 2011 | 24:00White Coat Black Art To Err is Medicine - Part 1 AudioWhite Coat Black Art To Err is Medicine - Part 1 May 23, 2011 | 24:00Host Dr. Brian Goldman and a panel of experts share their worst medical mistakes and discuss how to make the system safer for patients. Recorded in front of a live audience at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio. Part 1 of 2.
Jun 18, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Sleepy Residents 2011 Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Sleepy Residents 2011 Show Jun 18, 2011 | 27:30This week, we rebroadcast and update this show from last season. Dr. Brian Goldman speaks with a panel of residents about how sleep deprivation affects their health, and yours. And a long-time ER doc talks about his controversial fix for staying awake on those long night shifts.
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.
Nov 13, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Unsung Heroes AudioWhite Coat Black Art Unsung Heroes Nov 13, 2011 | 27:30When it comes to what goes right in modern medicine, doctors and nurses usually get much of the credit. This week we look at some of the "unsung heroes" of health care.
Dec 27, 2011 | 24:00White Coat Black Art Generation Rx - Part 1 AudioWhite Coat Black Art Generation Rx - Part 1 Dec 27, 2011 | 24:00Prescription narcotics are increasingly popular with young people looking for a quick high. It's a huge concern since these painkillers can be highly addictive or even deadly.
Jan 14, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Medical Tourism Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Medical Tourism Show Jan 14, 2011 | 27:30Canadians go abroad on holiday for many reasons: a change of scenery, to recharge their batteries, or sometimes for fertility treatments, a replacement hip or a new experimental procedure.
This week on the show we look at the impact of medical tourism on patients, and our health care system.
Mar 19, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Older Doctors AudioWhite Coat Black Art Older Doctors Mar 19, 2011 | 27:30You wouldn't drink milk that's past its 'best-before' date. How about seeing a doctor who is well past retirement age? This week we look at the growing number of older doctors who refuse to put down their stethescopes and whether this trend puts patients at risk.
Apr 23, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art High Tech Medicine 2011 Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art High Tech Medicine 2011 Show Apr 23, 2011 | 27:30A rebroadcast of our show from last season about the impact of high tech medicine on the care you receive. We also have your reaction to our show last week on healthcare as the sleeper issue of the 2011 federal election.
Jun 25, 2011 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Ask Dr. Brian Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Ask Dr. Brian Show Jun 25, 2011 | 27:30We invited listeners to send in their burning questions, nitpicks and pet peeves about the health care system. After a deluge of queries via emails, phone calls, tweets and postings to our blog and our Facebook page, Dr. Brian dedicates an entire show to answering some of your questions.
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.
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