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White Coat Black Art: Medicine's Big Fat Bias

Hospitals 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.

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White Coat Black Art - White Coat Black Art: Medicine's Big Fat BiasSep 30, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art White Coat Black Art: Medicine's Big Fat Bias Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - My Big Fat BiasSep 28, 2013 | 27:09White Coat Black Art My Big Fat Bias Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Dr. Arya Sharma, Bariatric Specialist - In-Depth InterviewSep 28, 2013 | 19:58White Coat Black Art Dr. Arya Sharma, Bariatric Specialist - In-Depth Interview Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Dr. Arya Sharma Bariatric Specialist: In-Depth InterviewSep 28, 2013 | 19:58White Coat Black Art Dr. Arya Sharma Bariatric Specialist: In-Depth Interview Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Leslee Thompson Extended InterviewSep 21, 2013 | 15:20White Coat Black Art Leslee Thompson Extended Interview Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Patient Engagement at Kingston General HospitalSep 21, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art Patient Engagement at Kingston General Hospital Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Patient EngagementSep 21, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art Patient Engagement Audio
White Coat Black Art Patient Engagement 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.
White Coat Black Art - Racist PatientsSep 14, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art Racist Patients Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Dr. Sanjeet Singh Saluja - Extended InterviewSep 14, 2013 | 12:46White Coat Black Art Dr. Sanjeet Singh Saluja - Extended Interview Audio
White Coat Black Art Dr. Sanjeet Singh Saluja - Extended Interview Sep 14, 2013 | 12:46A feature interview with Dr. Sanjeet Salujah, a Sikh MD in Montreal who has been a visible opponent to Quebec's proposed charter of values. Salujah talks about life in a Montreal ER and the ethnic slurs he faces regularly while on duty.
White Coat Black Art - Dr. Sachin Jain Extended for WebSep 14, 2013 | 15:10White Coat Black Art Dr. Sachin Jain Extended for Web Audio
White Coat Black Art Dr. Sachin Jain Extended for Web Sep 14, 2013 | 15:10Dr. Sachin Jain tells why he wrote The Racist Patient, the storm it created in medical circles, and his prescription for a medical culture that lets patients cross the line.
White Coat Black Art - Andrew Bousfield - Extended InterviewSep 9, 2013 | 17:06White Coat Black Art Andrew Bousfield - Extended Interview Audio
White Coat Black Art Andrew Bousfield - Extended Interview Sep 9, 2013 | 17:06Andrew Bousfield is a lawyer and journalist who was on our whistle blowing show this week. Hear more from him regarding the website medicalharm.org, and what we can learn from the UK hospital scandal.
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White Coat Black Art - White Coat Black Art: Blowing the Whistle on Bad MedicineSep 6, 2013 | 27:30White Coat Black Art White Coat Black Art: Blowing the Whistle on Bad Medicine Audio
White Coat Black Art White Coat Black Art: Blowing the Whistle on Bad Medicine Sep 6, 2013 | 27:30Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden - just a few of the high profile whistle blowers generating headlines in 2013 - which is shaping up as the Year of the Whistle Blower. In this episode we ask who is stepping up speaking out in health care?
White Coat Black Art - The Language of CancerAug 30, 2013 | 27:29White Coat Black Art The Language of Cancer Audio
White 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.
White Coat Black Art - Brian's ShowDec 29, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Brian's Show Audio
White 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.

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