Oct 24, 2021
Through the years of evolving knowledge, how did doctors think, feel, and communicate? How did optimism and reassurance work? How was knowledge handled? And how do they feel about it now? In this episode, we hear them talk about how they dealt with those years. We hear about what the younger doctors thought about their...
Oct 17, 2021
How do doctors share decision-making with their patients?
This episode addresses paternalism, patient-centredness, and the axes of shared care in practice, including the care of the dead. It then discusses the notion of clinical freedom and the role of professional networks in shaping thought and practice. It ends...
Oct 10, 2021
The severity of the AIDS epidemic differed across countries. In this episode, we explore events in the Netherlands. The Netherlands had a relatively low level of severity and three haematologists discuss how that situation may have come about. One of them, a trainee doctor at that time, reflects on her experience and...
Oct 3, 2021
Once HIV was recognized as an evolving problem in their patients, haemophilia doctors had to make decisions on how to modify their treatments, how to balance safety with effectiveness. This period lasted a couple of years while heat treatment technology was developed as an effective means of eliminating HIV in donated...
Sep 26, 2021
What are the dilemmas confronting a doctor in testing for an infection about which knowledge is still evolving? We heard from Professor Allain in the previous episode on how he was a 'good soldier' as he grappled with the problem of how to communicate results to his patients.
In this epidode we take a deeper look at...