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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 .

Latest Episodes:

Rating an Uber Driver Apr 07, 2019

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No longer is being average acceptable.

Anti Depressants: new and old Mar 31, 2019

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There’s lots we still don’t know about older antidepressants and now were starting the process all over with an entire new class of drugs.

Root Cause Analysis in disasters Mar 24, 2019

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It behooves us to approach problems with a systems based orientation.

Given the same type of bone fracture, are people likely to get the same treatment for pain? Mar 17, 2019

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Medical Professionals unconsciously hold biases and stereotypes that impact the care they provide to different type of people.

Racial and Ethnic Difference in medication for pain and anxiety (Part 1) Mar 10, 2019

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For a variety of different controlled drugs, such as opioids and stimulants, prescriptions are more common in majority white areas. What is the impact of this disparity?

There can be hidden meaning in a medical term Mar 03, 2019

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Sexually transmitted diseases and mesentaric adenitis.

Aging Surgeons pose some complicated problems Feb 24, 2019

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Do we want a mandatory retirement age, and if we do it could impact our ability to get timely surgery?

Hospital Readmission Rates are too high Feb 17, 2019

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Re-admission rates not only lower quality of life but they are expensive.

Supervised Injection Facilities for those who use IV drug Feb 10, 2019

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The nations is divided – are supervised injection facilities illegal and only serve to promote illicit drug use, or are they a step toward harm reduction as they save lives?

Shkreli awards for the worst actors in health care Feb 03, 2019

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Unbridled greed and disrespect for human suffering seems to be the driver of all award winners.