GSU Freakonomics Radio Episode Discussion – Description
Please select and listen to ONE part of Freakonomics Radio the “Bad Medicine” podcast. In 700 words or less, please identify the part you selected and provide a summary, including your thoughts, on the contents of the podcast. Read and reply to a classmate’s post who listened to a different part of Bad Medicine. Be sure to include your thoughts/perspective of their summary of the podcast.
Bad Medicine (Part 1): This week on Freakonomics Radio: We tend to think of medicine as a science, but for most of human history it has been scientific-ish at best. Stephen J. Dubner looks at the grotesque mistakes produced by centuries of trial-and-error, and asks whether the new era of evidence-based medicine is the solution. Plus: sometimes the only thing worse than being excluded from a drug trial is being included in it.
Bad Medicine, Part 1: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations – Freakonomics
Bad Medicine (Part 2): How do so many ineffective and even dangerous drugs make it to market? One reason is that clinical trials are often run on “dream patients” who aren’t representative of a larger population. On the other hand, sometimes the only thing worse than being excluded from a drug trial is being included.
Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations – Freakonomics
Bad Medicine (Part 3): By some estimates, medical error is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. How can that be? And what’s to be done? Our third and final episode in this series offers some encouraging answers.
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis – Freakonomics
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