Past Episodes

• December 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Season Finale: Ask Dr. Brian Show
     
  • Tue., 27 – Generation Rx: One Hour Special
     
  • Fri., 23 – Inspiration Show
     
  • Fri., 16 – Not the ER Show
     
  • Fri., 9 – Unfinished Business Show
     
  • Fri., 2 – Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication
     
• November 2011
  • Fri., 25 – Diseases That Get No Respect (Encore) + Parking mailbag
     
  • Fri., 18 – Unpaid Caregivers Show
     
  • Fri., 11 – Unsung Heroes of Health Care Show
     
  • Fri., 4 – Marketing Medicine Show
     
• October 2011
  • Fri., 28 – Park Your Frustration Show
     
  • Fri., 21 – Breaking Up Show - Encore
     
  • Fri., 14 – Can We Talk? Show
     
  • Fri., 7 – Respect Show
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Nelson Dream Team Show
     
  • Fri., 23 – Rural Medicine Show
     
  • Fri., 16 – Nurse Bullying Show
     
  • Fri., 9 – WCBA Season Debut: Personal Support Workers and Seniors
     
  • Mon., 5 – WCBA in the Summer: Mother's Milk Show
     
• August 2011
  • Mon., 29 – WCBA in the Summer: Will to Die Part 2 + Overdiagnosed
     
  • Mon., 22 – WCBA in the Summer: Will to Die Show
     
  • Mon., 15 – WCBA in the Summer: Concierge Medicine
     
  • Mon., 8 – WCBA in the Summer: Listen to Me
     
  • Mon., 1 – WCBA in the Summer: No Appointment
     
• July 2011
  • Mon., 25 – WCBA in the Summer: Lights and Sirens
     
  • Tue., 19 – WCBA in the Summer: Social Medicine
     
  • Mon., 11 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part Two
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part One
     
  • Fri., 24 – Ask Dr. Brian Show: Season Finale
     
  • Fri., 17 – Sleepy Residents Show
     
  • Fri., 10 – Unfinished Business Show
     
  • Fri., 3 – Mental Health Show
     
• May 2011
  • Fri., 27 – Diseases That Get No Respect Show
     
  • Sun., 22 – To Err is Medicine - one hour special
     
  • Fri., 20 – Military Medicine Show
     
  • Fri., 13 – Nursing Home Violence Show
     
  • Fri., 6 – Mother's Milk Show
     
• April 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Healthy Skepticism Show
     
  • Thu., 21 – High Tech Show
     
  • Fri., 15 – Election Show
     
  • Fri., 15 – Bonus - Extended Political Panel
     
  • Fri., 8 – Will to Die Part 2 + Overdiagnosed
     
  • Fri., 1 – Will to Die Show, Part 1
     
• March 2011
  • Thu., 24 – Moral Distress Show
     
  • Fri., 18 – Older Doctors Show
     
  • Fri., 11 – Concierge Medicine Show
     
  • Fri., 4 – Breaking Up Show
     
• February 2011
  • Fri., 25 – Good Samaritan show
     
  • Fri., 18 – Wandering Show and a Personal Reflection
     
  • Fri., 11 – Listen to Me show
     
  • Fri., 4 – The No Appointment Show
     
• January 2011
  • Fri., 28 – Corridors of Medicine show
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Hospital Fixer Show
     
  • Fri., 14 – Medical Tourism show
     
  • Fri., 7 – Patient Privacy show
     
• December 2010
  • Fri., 31 – Obesity Show and Live Right Now
     
  • Sun., 26 – Medical Residents Talk About End of Life Issues
     
  • Fri., 17 – Knee-high Medicine show
     
  • Fri., 10 – Lights and Sirens show
     
  • Fri., 3 – The Stress Show
     
• November 2010
  • Fri., 26 – Time to Mention the Unmentionables
     
  • Fri., 19 – Home Care Episode
     
  • Fri., 12 – In Sickness and In Health
     
  • Fri., 5 – Healthy Design
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 29 – When Your Life is Circling The Drain Episode
     
  • Fri., 22 – Sex, Lies and Medical Mistakes Episode
     
  • Sat., 16 – 'To Err is Medicine' Townhall Episode
     
  • Sat., 9 – Pain: a Terrible and Misunderstood Affliction
     
  • Fri., 1 – Social Medicine
     
• September 2010
  • Fri., 24 – Put down the scalpel and raise a fist
     
  • Wed., 15 – Telling Tales
     
  • Sat., 11 – WCBA Season Debut
     
  • Wed., 8 – Taking the treatment
     
  • Tue., 7 – Euthanasia Debate Heats Up in Quebec
     
  • Mon., 6 – New Season of WCBA kicks off!
     
• August 2010
  • Wed., 11 – Medical Errors: a list you don't want to ignore
     
  • Wed., 4 – Pharma-Sponsored Research: Good News Means Bias
     
• July 2010
  • Mon., 26 – MDs at the Root of Big Pharma's Influence
     
  • Thu., 22 – MDs and Patients as Facebook Friends? Think Twice
     
  • Thu., 22 – 1 in 20 MD Resident Applicants Guilty of Plagiarism?
     
  • Wed., 21 – Tasers in the ER? You've got to be Kidding!
     
  • Wed., 21 – Time to Cut Lung Cancer Patients Some Slack
     
  • Tue., 20 – Ontario H1N1 Vaccine Program: Good Results & Some Questions
     
  • Tue., 13 – It's So Great to be Back for a New Season
     
• December 2009
  • Tue., 29 – Thanks for Listening and Stay in Touch
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  • Wed., 23 – Talkback: Our Final Show of the Season
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  • Wed., 23 – Medical Technology or Heart: Let's have both
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  • Tue., 22 – What Makes a Well-Rounded Healer: A Little Song…A Little Dance?
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  • Fri., 18 – High Tech's Impact on Health Care
     
  • Thu., 17 – Make this holiday season a healthy (and boring) one
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  • Thu., 17 – Reaction to Our Show on Chronic Pain
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  • Mon., 14 – More About Chronic Pain
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  • Fri., 11 – Preview of Our Show on Chronic Pain
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  • Thu., 10 – Swine Flu Not Very Deadly
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  • Wed., 9 – Dutch Misgivings About Euthanasia Law
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  • Tue., 8 – Deaths from Prescription Narcotics Double: Study
     
  • Fri., 4 – Euthanasia: an idea whose time has come?
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  • Thu., 3 – H1N1: Cut the Panic, Please????
     
  • Wed., 2 – Orphan Patients: where's the solution?
     
• November 2009
  • Mon., 30 – Some things don't change
     
  • Fri., 27 – Telling Tales About Patients
     
  • Wed., 25 – WCBA Comes to La Belle Province
     
  • Tue., 24 – 'Unmentionables' Show: Your Reaction
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  • Mon., 23 – Should Sleep-deprived Pilots Take Modafinil Too?
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  • Fri., 20 – Things You Don't Tell Your Doctor Can Kill
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  • Thu., 19 – Rush to Discharge? Don't Rush to Judge!
     
  • Wed., 18 – Moral Distress: Questions and Comments from the Mailbag
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  • Mon., 16 – Wasted H1N1 Vaccine = No Problem? Puhleese!
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  • Fri., 13 – Moral Distress: This Week on WCBA
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  • Thu., 12 – WHO Tamiflu Guidelines Already Outdated?
     
  • Thu., 12 – H1N1: Finally Some Common Sense
     
  • Wed., 11 – Reaction to Re-inventing Family Medicine
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  • Mon., 9 – More on This Week's Show: Is Fee for Service the Problem?
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  • Fri., 6 – Three Ways to Shorten the Wait at your GP
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  • Thu., 5 – Vaccinating NHL Hockey Teams – Let’s Find a Scapegoat
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  • Wed., 4 – Swine Flu Gets a Nickname
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  • Tue., 3 – H1N1: When to Go to the ER
     
  • Tue., 3 – Ten Questions About the Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign: Question 3
     
  • Mon., 2 – Ten Questions to Ask About the Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign:
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  • Mon., 2 – Military Medicine: Autopsies and Saving Lives
     
• October 2009
  • Fri., 30 – Medicine from the 'Real' Frontlines
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  • Thu., 29 – More Reaction to Our Show on Violence Against Paramedics
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  • Wed., 28 – H1N1: Putting Sad Stories into Context
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  • Mon., 26 – Tema Conter Memorial Trust: Helping Canada's Paramedics
     
  • Fri., 23 – Violence Against Canada's Paramedics
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  • Wed., 21 – More Feedback on Airline Good Samaritans
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  • Tue., 20 – More Reaction to Good Samaritan Show
     
  • Fri., 16 – Should Health Professionals be Good Samaritans?
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  • Wed., 14 – Reaction to Mental Health Show
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  • Fri., 9 – Mental Health Patients: Time for a New Approach
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  • Thu., 8 – Swinefeld: Does Canada's Medical Officer of Health Agree?
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  • Tue., 6 – Orphan Patients: Another Solution
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  • Fri., 2 – Can Orphan Patients Find a Home?
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  • Thu., 1 – More Swinefeld: Handwashing Hogwash!
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• September 2009
  • Wed., 30 – Reaction to Obesity Show
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  • Mon., 28 – Obesity Surgery: do you get what you pay for?
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  • Wed., 23 – Calling All 'Do-It-Yourself' Quacks!
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  • Mon., 21 – Swinefeld? Well, at least we got your attention!
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  • Thu., 17 – Second Wave of Swine Flu? We Aren't Worried
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  • Wed., 16 – Telling Tales About Sleep Deprivation
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  • Mon., 14 – Reaction to Modafinil for Sleep Deprivation
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  • Thu., 10 – Sleep Deprived Residents
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  • Thu., 10 – September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day
     
  • Tue., 8 – On With the Show!
     
• August 2009
  • Fri., 28 – Burnout? Try Looking in the Mirror!
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  • Mon., 17 – Report on Access Delays to New Prescription Drugs
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  • Thu., 13 – More Reaction to Our Show on Hospital Infections
     
  • Thu., 13 – Reaction to Show on Hospital Infections
     
  • Wed., 12 – Wanted: Obese Health Professionals
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  • Tue., 4 – Health Professionals: What do you take to stay awake on night shifts?
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• July 2009
  • Wed., 29 – Wanted: Patients Who Practice DIY Medicine!
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  • Mon., 20 – A New Season of WCBA Awaits
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• June 2009
  • Tue., 30 – We're back!
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• December 2008
  • Mon., 29 – Farewell
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  • Sat., 20 – Sioux Lookout Family Practice Zone
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  • Wed., 17 – A Poignant Post this Holiday Season
     
  • Mon., 15 – You ask, we answer
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  • Fri., 12 – 'Ask Dr. Brian' Show: Answer #3
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  • Wed., 10 – Reaction to Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad
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  • Mon., 8 – Random Thoughts on Med School and Sioux Lookout
     
  • Fri., 5 – Brian goes back to School
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  • Wed., 3 – White Coat, Black Art in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
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  • Mon., 1 – No Doctor Poaching: Canada's Ironic Gift for World AIDS Day
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• November 2008
  • Fri., 28 – 'Ask Dr. Brian Show': Answer #2
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  • Thu., 27 – 'Ask Dr. Brian' Show: Answer #1
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  • Tue., 25 – Goldman Disclosure: Physicians and Pharma
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  • Mon., 24 – Is there a 'Doctor House' in the House?????
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  • Mon., 24 – Why are Doctors Threatened by Pharmacist Prescribing?
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  • Thu., 20 – More on Burnout + Your Stories
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  • Mon., 17 – Physicians Gather in the UK to Discuss Burnout
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  • Wed., 12 – Independent Medical Examiners
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  • Mon., 10 – Lies and the Truth
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  • Wed., 5 – Author and Creator of 'ER' Dies
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  • Wed., 5 – Testing Doctors for Continuing Competence
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  • Tue., 4 – Feedback from the 'Guy' Show
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  • Mon., 3 – Backlash Against Cherry-Picking Physicians
     
• October 2008
  • Fri., 31 – Hospital Infections: more than just dirty hands
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  • Mon., 27 – Coming Soon: The 'Ask Dr. Brian" Show
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  • Tue., 21 – Second Opinions: Web Resources
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  • Mon., 20 – Holmes on Homes on White Coat, Black Art
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  • Thu., 16 – More on Disclosing Pharma Payments to Doctors
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  • Tue., 14 – Your Thoughts on Hospital Infections
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  • Mon., 6 – Guess Who's At the Delivery?
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  • Wed., 1 – Dr. Charles Smith and Three Little Words
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  • Wed., 1 – Tony Clement: no show
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• September 2008
  • Mon., 29 – Elections: Time for Politicians to Give Health a Pass?
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  • Thu., 25 – Goldman on CBC Calgary's The Home Stretch
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  • Wed., 24 – More Drugs and a Confession from Dr. Brian
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  • Mon., 22 – Expensive Prescriptions Should be Election Issue
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  • Mon., 15 – Something needs to change
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  • Thu., 11 – Should he ask her out?
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  • Tue., 9 – Ask the federal Minister of Health!
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  • Mon., 8 – Boundary Violations: Why Not Blame the Patient?
     
  • Wed., 3 – White Coat is on Saturdays Too!
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  • Tue., 2 – Policing Boundaries: Are Colleges Up to Snuff?
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• August 2008
  • Fri., 29 – Boundary Violations: Let's Talk About Them
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  • Thu., 28 – White Coat's Back with Our Most Controversial Show Yet
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  • Mon., 25 – Increasing transparency in complaints process
     
  • Fri., 22 –
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  • Mon., 18 – So much wrong...but quite a bit right too
     
  • Tue., 12 – Where oh where are the doctors?
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• July 2008
  • Wed., 23 – Tell Us If Your Obstetrician Showed Up For The Birth?
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  • Mon., 21 – Your Response to our Show on Pelvic Exams
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  • Wed., 9 – Suicide Predictability
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  • Mon., 7 – WCBA July 7 and 12, 2008: Identity and Competence
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  • Fri., 4 – Are Nursing Home Woes a Sign of Ageism?
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• June 2008
  • Fri., 27 – Summer on White Coat, Black Art
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  • Fri., 20 – "I'm Not Dead Yet" Contest Winners
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  • Mon., 16 – We did all we could?
     
  • Mon., 9 – A Primer on Queue-Jumping in the Health Care System
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  • Thu., 5 – Changing how we practice
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  • Mon., 2 – Respect
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• May 2008
  • Mon., 26 – Interminable Waits in the Doctors' Waiting Room
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  • Fri., 16 – Conspiracy Theories on Canada's Doctor Shortage
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  • Wed., 14 – Off-Load Delays Highlight Paramedic Powerlessness
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  • Mon., 12 – Who's Got the Power?
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  • Tue., 6 – Bevel Up
     
  • Mon., 5 – The Patients Nobody Wants
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• April 2008
  • Fri., 25 – Making Room for New Health Care Players
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  • Mon., 21 – Doctors and Patients from Hell
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  • Mon., 14 – Doctors and Audiences
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  • Wed., 9 – Resources on the elderly for health care workers
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  • Fri., 4 – Aging, Ageism, and the 'Silver Tsunami'
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  • Wed., 2 – More on the Money!
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• March 2008
  • Mon., 31 – Show me the Money!
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  • Tue., 25 – Still want to sue your doctor?
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  • Tue., 18 – Guidelines on disclosing medical mistakes
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  • Mon., 17 – Medical Errors
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  • Mon., 10 – When is treatment futile?
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• February 2008
  • Thu., 28 – Pelvic Exams: can we talk?
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  • Mon., 25 – Alert: we've been pre-empted!
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  • Wed., 20 – Dr. Google and the Cyberchondriacs
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  • Thu., 14 – White Coat, Black Art and Spark Team Up
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  • Mon., 11 – Let's Go Positive on This Week's Show
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  • Thu., 7 – Boy, did we touch a RAW NERVE!
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• January 2008
  • Tue., 29 – Going Public with Pelvics
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  • Mon., 28 – Incompetent Doctors: who knew?
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  • Mon., 21 – January 21 2008
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  • Tue., 15 – More Dr. Cunningham
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  • Mon., 14 – January 14, 2008
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  • Thu., 3 – Welcome!
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• December 2007
  • Tue., 18 – We're back!
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