Second Opinion

KCRW

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 .

1013 episodios

Who Will Take Care of Rusty?
8/11/2026
4:56
She understood why she needed to go to the hospital. Her doctor hadn’t understood why she couldn’t go.
Suicide Prevention: The Power of Staying Connected
1/11/2026
4:42
What if one of the missing pieces in preventing teen suicide isn't another therapy session, but simply making sure someone keeps checking in?
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Holy Grail, Hollow Promise
25/10/2026
4:59
Can a blood test detect 50 cancers and save lives—or is this another expensive medical promise without proof?
When Health Care Becomes a Ballot Battle: Three Propositions, Three Flawed Ideas
18/10/2026
5:00
I support community clinics, medical research, and taxing billionaires—so why am I voting against three California propositions that claim to support those same goals?
The Comment In The Operating Room
11/10/2026
5:00
When no one speaks up, silence can become part of the culture of care.
Want Your Doctor to Write Back?
4/10/2026
5:00
Need to send your doctor a message? A new study suggests how you write it—not just what you say—may affect whether your doctor responds.
No Room In The Hospital
27/9/2026
5:00
It's not the sniffles clogging our ERs. It's a hospital system with nowhere left to put people.
When Good Enough Is Never Good Enough
20/9/2026
5:00
An A-minus isn't a crisis. But for some high achievers, it can feel like one. When does striving for excellence become something harmful?
The Pressure to Succeed
13/9/2026
4:41
American teens are anxious, exhausted, and getting too little sleep. Are phones really the whole problem—or should we also be looking at our culture of achievement?
Would You Get Sick for Science?
6/9/2026
4:55
They were conscientious objectors who refused to fight in World War II. So they found another way to serve: they offered their own bodies for dangerous medical experiments.

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Second Opinion

KCRW

1013 episodios

Who Will Take Care of Rusty?

Suicide Prevention: The Power of Staying Connected

Holy Grail, Hollow Promise

When Health Care Becomes a Ballot Battle: Three Propositions, Three Flawed Ideas

The Comment In The Operating Room

Want Your Doctor to Write Back?

No Room In The Hospital

When Good Enough Is Never Good Enough

The Pressure to Succeed

Would You Get Sick for Science?