What Happens When Best Practices Aren't?
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 228 , Segment 2
Porcupine Staples, Eat Bugs, Swimming with Sharks
Episode: Porcupine Staples, Eat Bugs, Swimming with Sharks
- Aug 9, 2019 8:00 pm
- 12:18 mins
Guest: Vinay K. Prasad, Hematologist-Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, and co-author of “Ending Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives” Medical doctors seek to “Do No Harm.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Some best practices turn out to be harmful and some just do no good at all. What's a doctor to do then?