Uncertainty In Medicine
March 30, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about how understanding the gray area of healthcare can help us receive better treatment with Dr. Steven Hatch of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
This hour, we’ll talk about how understanding the gray area of healthcare can help us receive better treatment with Dr. Steven Hatch of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
This hour, we’ll talk about the financial and health considerations that have patients traveling for care with Sasha Issenberg, author of “Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism.”
This hour, we’ll talk about the matters important to Texas voters with TCU political science professor James Riddlesperger and UTA political science professor Rebecca Deen.
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can make our healthcare system more equitable with the author of “Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care.”
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better advocate for ourselves and receive better medical care with Leslie D. Michelson, author of “The Patient’s Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love” (Knopf).
We’ll talk to Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies and government policies are affecting patient care, which he writes about in Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician.
We’ll talk to the author of America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Flight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System about fixing our healthcare system.
We’ll talk to Dr. Barron Lerner this hour about the moral decisions physicians must make, which he writes about in his book, The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics.
Hour 1: With April being National Autism Awareness month, we’ll be joined in studio by UT-Dallas lecturer Cathy Boatman and associate professor Pamela Rollins to talk about the progress being made to better cope with the disorder.
Hour 2: Taking a trip to the doctors office or hospital can be a tough situation to handle. Dr. Judy Cook, author of “To Die or Not to Die: Ten Tricks to Getting Better Medical Care,” joins us to talk about how to receive the best care possible.