White Coat, Black Art Season 3 (must-have!)
http://www.cbc.ca/whitecoat/index.html?copy-podcast
Here are the podcast links and descriptions for season 3
Remember, season one is available for download here at Ethos under the podcast link.
CBC is also selling cd’s of Seasons 1&2 here
WCBA 29 December 2008 – death
As you take time to celebrate the holidays, we’ve decided to replay one of your favorite shows from last season…a not-too grim look at our inevitable demise. We meet one MD who shepherds kids through the process of dying. Then from caring for the dying….to taking care of the dead. We go down into the morgue at my hospital and find humour and humanity. But first….a look at prognosis and those darned patients who defy it.
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WCBA – Dec. 22, 2008
This we’re presenting a special edition of the White Coat, Black Art podcast. Dr. Brian Goldman is a long way from the ER in Toronto. He’s in Sioux Lookout, Ontario…1700 km and two plane rides north west of Toronto. He’s there to meet the health care workers who serve the town and 25 remote First Nations communities as far flung as Hudson Bay.
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WCBA – Dec.15, 2008
For the past year, we’ve given you a dose of medicine — both bitter and sweet — from Dr. Brian Goldman’s side of the gurney. But we realize we’ve skipped over the odd thing. A few weeks ago, we asked you to send in any questions you still have about the health care system. We’ve picked out some of the best and the trickiest ones and scoured the country for answers. This week on the White Coat, Black Art podcast..it’s the ‘Ask Dr. Brian’ Show…
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WCBA – Dec 8, 2008
Canada is in desperate need of more doctors, but spots in medical schools are tight. Only about one in ten applicants get in the door. The rest are left to pursue other careers or go to medical school in other countries. But when they want to come home to practice, they face the same hoops as foreign students when trying to get the rare residency spots. This week on White Coat, Black Art, Brian goes to Ireland to talk to two Canadian medical students who had to leave to get into school….and no
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WCBA – Dec. 1st, 2008
This week, we replay two of our favorite stories from last season and update them…We revisit the Halifax Infirmary for a conversation with Judy Landry, an extraordinary woman who is, for now, being kept alive by a machine. Dr. Brian Goldman also talks to Dr. Graeme Cunningham, a physician whose ‘god complex’ drove him to drink…and whose faith helped sober him up.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:47]
WCBA Nov. 24, 2008
This week on White Coat, Black Art, we’re taking a peek inside the diagnostic mind. Not the diagnosis doctors might do when they’ve got you in their office. We’re talking about something that happens on the fly. Triage. Dr. Brian Goldman talks to an ER triage nurse and he also visits a couple of nurses at Telehealth who do triage by phone. And we take a trip down memory lane and dial up Randolph Mantooth – ‘aka’ paramedic Johnny Gage on the hit seventies TV show ‘Emergency!’.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:40]
WCBA – November 17, 2008
On this episode of White Coat, Black Art, Dr. Brian Goldman takes a look at burnout…from his side of the gurney. People in every walk of life get burned out. But medicine has one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. And when it comes to someone whose job it is to care of you, it’s not just their problem…it could be yours.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:38]
WCBA Nov. 10/08
Would you see through a fib told by your doctor? Or vice versa? This week Dr. Brian Goldman talks to a family doc and a bioethicist about deception and medicine. And a some patients confess to falsehoods they’ve told their doctor.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:07]
WCBA – Nov. 3, 2008
This week, we’re taking a look back at some memorable stories from last season along a theme that is unfortunately all too common… Patients who get a chilly reception in our health care system. Dr. Brian Goldman talks to a Geriatrician who says health care workers are guilty of age discrimination. And we revisit a clinic that juryrigs health care for landed immigrants and refugees who don’t yet qualify for medicare.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:56]
WCBA – Oct. 27, 2008
This week, a little medicine and a little understanding for men when it comes to their health. Dr. Brian Goldman talks to a family doctor about how she uses scare tactics to make even the toughest guys take their medicine. Don’t like the thought of using fear as a stick? A leading specialist in men’s health says why not try a carrot — drugs like Viagra — that give men a potent incentive to follow doctor’s orders.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:28]
WCBA Oct. 20, 2008
Much of the time in medicine, patients take what they are offered. That’s generally the way the system works. But what if you’re not comfortable with your doctor….or you’re not entirely convinced they know what they’re talking about? Maybe it’s time for a second opinion. This week, Dr. Brian Goldman, talks to a couple of ‘go-to’ surgeons about the art of the second opinion – and he even gets a few tips from the ‘guru’ of second opinions from the world of home renovation…’Mike’ Holmes on Home
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[mp3 file: runs 27:48]
WCBA Oct 13, 2008
This week, Dr. Brian Goldman is digging up the dirt the on the dangers on Superbugs – inside our hospitals, and at least one surprising danger from without. An infection guru takes him to the scene of the grime…to show him where Superbugs lurk and how hospital staff helping to make these invisible beasties right at home. And a lot of Canadian hospitals are re-cycling medical equiptment that was meant to be used only once. We talk to a doctor who says it’s hazardous to our health.
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[mp3 file: runs 29:15]
WCBA- Oct 6, 2008
This week, Dr. Brian Goldman visits a hospital Delivery Room to find the answer to the question that vexes many pregnant women……. why most of their babies will be delivered, not by their own doc, but by a total stranger. And he finds out what lengths some Obstetricians will go to, to try to have their patients deliver while they are on duty.
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[mp3 file: runs 27:40]
WCBA – Sept 29, 2008
Canadians are in the midst of a federal election campaign — with barely a mention of health care this time around. This week, we mount our own campaign to put health back on the agenda. Dr. Brian Goldman talks to those who work in the system about what issues they think should be on politicians’ minds, and he talks to the new president of the Canadian Medical Association.
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WCBA – Sept 22, 2008
When you’re life is on the line which would you prefer: yesterday’s drug or something newer and snazzier? You’ll find out that what you get depends on where you live. This week Dr. Brian Goldman takes a look at some critical steps that take a new drug from the lab to the shelves of your local pharmacy.
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WCBA – September 15th, 2008
Each year about 4000 Canadians take their own lives. For their families, suicide causes pain and turmoil. For those healthcare professionals who treat them, it leads to disturbing questions about why they didn’t see it coming. This week, we take a look at those who commit suicide from the point of view of those who care for them… and the survivors who care about them.
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WCBA Sept 8, 2008
Part two of our series on health care providers and patients who cross the line between the professional and the personal. What are the ethical rules of the road for doctors when it comes to financial and personal relationships with patients? Should there be a code of ethics for patients as well?
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WCBA – Sept 1, 2008
Sometimes it’s pretty straightforward: a nurse or doctor or physiotherapist should never get romantically involved with a patient. But what about dating a FORMER patient? Or accepting a gift for a job well done? Or hiring a patient to landscape the backyard? In reality, those seemingly black-and-white professional and ethical boundaries are often full of shades of grey….for both patients, and health care providers.
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