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Second Opinion

Second Opinion

By: KCRW
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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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Episodes
  • Solving One Problem, Creating Another

    Solving One Problem, Creating Another
    Jun 28 2026

    From a Pacific island overrun by rats to hospital wards battling superbugs, why our best intentions so often backfire.
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    5 mins
  • What's Your Pain Worth? The Ethics of Paying Research Subjects

    What's Your Pain Worth? The Ethics of Paying Research Subjects
    Jun 21 2026

    Would you take $5,000 to be in a painful medical study? And should researchers even be allowed to ask?
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    5 mins
  • Why Is She Being Blamed for Her Cancer?

    Why Is She Being Blamed for Her Cancer?
    Jun 12 2026

    We'd never ask a breast cancer patient what she did to deserve it. So why do we ask her?
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    5 mins
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