KCRW

Second Opinion

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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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Latest episode

Oct 18, 2026

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Episodes

Hard Fought Battles for Women 12.02.2012

Can we employers deny insurance benefits to women?

Disclosing Medical Errors 05.02.2012

Should we disclose a medical error if it result in no harm?

Searching for open access to medical research 22.01.2012

Medical journals seek to control medical research for prestige and profit

Students in Foreign Lands 15.01.2012

How much should our trainees do when abroad?

Information Can Be Like a Pill 08.01.2012

Information may need to be dosed carefully...

Deafness and Disability 01.01.2012
A Technology Arms Race 25.12.2011

Do robots really improve care?

Biting the Hand that Feeds You 18.12.2011

Are there limits to NPR's sponsorship?

Emergency Contraception for Teens 11.12.2011

A ruling that sets up back decades…

When a Patient Decides NOT to Know 04.12.2011

Contrary to popular opinion there are times you might not want to know...

Choosing the Best Hospital 27.11.2011

Looking at quality of care has become much easier...

Difficult Discussions 20.11.2011

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to talk about end of life care...

Teenage Drivers 13.11.2011

Reducing teen traffic accidents...

Back Pain and Placebos 06.11.2011

What do we tell the patient?

Why Do the Japanese Live So Long? 30.10.2011

Perhaps public health and universal health insurance...

Why Are People Going to the Doctor Less Often? 23.10.2011

One sure way to decrease doctor visits is to increase co-payments…

Sound Recommendations about Prostate Cancer Screening 16.10.2011

Finally, after years of politics, some good common sense...

New Federal Conflicts of Interest Regulations 09.10.2011

Why can't we just say no?

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring 02.10.2011

Why is blood pressure different in the doctor's office than it is at home?

Nurses Go on Strike 25.09.2011

When is it ethical for health professionals to strike?

Outlawing Female Circumcision 18.09.2011

It often takes more than laws to change cultural practices...

Expedited Partner Therapy 11.09.2011

A more effective way to decrease sexually transmitted infections...

Medical Scribes 04.09.2011

There's a new person working with the doctor in the Emergency Department...

Be Careful about Unnecessary Genetic Tests 28.08.2011

How companies convince doctors to order unnecessary genetic tests...

It's Not the Person, It's the Pill 21.08.2011

Why is it important how a pill looks?

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