The Doctor | Chapter 3

My search for my father takes me overseas. And I speak with someone grappling with their own emotional fallout around family revelations.

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I uncover the scale of the lies and deceit that characterized infertility care for decades. Maybe I’ve been searching in the wrong place all along.

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Social stigmas are commonplace in Egypt, but this particular stigma affects women's health. In this episode we're looking at going to the gynecologist and whether or not it's an easy decision to take, especially under certain circumstances. We talk to an interviewe ...

Becoming the first licensed woman physician in America was tough, convincing male surgeons to wash their hands between patients was even tougher. In this classic episode Josh and Chuck pay tribute to a genuine pioneer in medicine and society.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac ...  عرض المزيد

Figuring out which patients to hospitalize and which to safely send home can be tricky. Is there a way to make this decision easier for doctors — and get better outcomes, too? 

We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this episode, Dr. Andrea Deyrup breaks it down for us, and unpacks the problems she sees ...  عرض المزيد