White Coat, Black Art from CBC Radio

Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies.

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Brian's Show

This 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

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M.D.s in the Family

On a holiday edition of White Coat Black Art, what it's like when being a doctor is a family business. We'll meet two med student sisters from Harvard who both blog about medicine. Plus a conversation with ZDogg M.D. He's a Las Vegas internist whose music

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WCBA PODCAST: Adversity MDs

This week stories from up-and-coming MDs which will surprise you. All three of our guests live with a disability and it's not often their stories get told. That's because there's been an culture of keeping quiet when you face adversity in medicine.But if

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Do Not Resuscitate

DNR 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 N

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Medical hot spots - Podcast

What is a medical hot spot? This week on White Coat, Black Art, Dr. Goldman talks to the American doctor who dug through the data and pinpointed places where people use the health care system far more than anywhere else. Then, Brian visits one of Canada's

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Sully Show

This week, using the hard fought lessons from the aviation industry to make health care safer and avoid medical mistakes. Brian Goldman speaks to Captain Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who safely guided US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the

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Hospital Parking

A hospital visit is stressful enough without worrying about where you'll park and how much you'll wind up paying for the spot. This week a look at the pitfalls of hospital parking. We'll also have reaction to our earlier story on unnecessary hysterectomie

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Taking Risks - Podcast

This week, risky business in health care. Not a science debate over numbers, but stories in which doctors and patients disagree about risk and why.

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Unnecessary Surgery

This week on White Coat Black Art: Are all trips to the operating room necessary? Hysterectomies are one of the most common major surgeries performed on North American women. But many hysterectomies may be medically unnecessary. When patient and journalis

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The Price of Life

This week on White Coat, Black Art with Dr. Brian Goldman: Putting a price on life. 54-year old Jamie McKinley is dying from a rare brain tumour. There is hope in a new drug called Avastin which seems to be helping others like him live longer. But there's

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