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**Second Opinion**

An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .

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After a diagnosis of lung cancer Aug 01, 2021

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Are there benefits of stopping smoking once diagnosed with lung cancer?

Do people have an ethical right to have cosmetic surgery? Jul 25, 2021

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Government insurance is provided to people for medically necessary care. But, when care is not necessary should it still be provided as a benefit?

Refugee Mental Health Jul 18, 2021

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Refugees are at high risk for all the stress of changing cultures while being without their usual supports. A bit of prevention may ease their integration into American society.

We need more training slots for medical residents Jul 11, 2021

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But, in creating new slots we need to grow health care delivery in places where the need is greatest and the trainees will have the greatest impact on improving the community’s health.

The double standard of medical marijuana cards Jul 04, 2021

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Federal laws are putting many of our young adults in a bind and creating new disparities in health care.

Live-Streaming Primary Care Jun 27, 2021

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Do the advantages of telemedicine suggest it is an innovation that should last past COVID?

Estimating the chance of disease Jun 20, 2021

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It turns out that clinicians are not very good at estimating the probability of illness which leads to unnecessary care.

Mistaken approval of Alzheimer’s Drug Jun 13, 2021

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Aducanumab is not just a drug that doesn’t seem to work, but it is an enormously expensive drug but provides false hope to desperate families.

Marketing low value products Jun 06, 2021

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If COVID-19 has taught us anything, one lesson is that we need to rethink allowing promotions for treatments that are overdone, unnecessary, or not proven effective.

Using incentives to drive health care May 30, 2021

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For years we have used incentives and disincentives to drive people toward specific behaviors. Is driving toward COVID immunization any different?

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