Series: The Recovery Room

Produced by WDAV Classical Public Radio

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Making sense of modern medicine, The Recovery Room is a weekly, half-hour conversation with experts in surgery, medicine, ethics and public health about the latest developments in medicine and health care.

You understand health. But do you understand medicine?

It can be frightening and intimidating when you or a loved one requires surgery or treatment of disease. Recovery Room host and practicing surgeon Dr. Rick Greene helps you navigate the complex world of modern medicine. From breakthroughs in research and treatment to policy changes and ethical debates, The Recovery Room brings you to the front lines of medical practice and innovation.

The Recovery Room is produced by WDAV, a service of Davidson College in Davidson, NC. Initial funding for the series has been provided by the American College of Surgeons Foundation and the SAGES Foundation. The program also receives guidance from the Davidson College Medical Humanities Program.

More information at recoveryroomshow.org.


19 Pieces

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The Recovery Room 018: Electronic Health Records, Medical Liability
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Medicine is no stranger to the technological cutting edge. In many respects, it’s been a great innovator and adopter of new technologies. But when ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:58
The Recovery Room 017: "A Watershed Moment for Health Care Accountability"
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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If you’ve ever tried to find consumer ratings for a surgeon the way you might compare plumbers or car mechanics, you know that the information is a...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 016: The Law, the Lord & the Lab - The Legal, Ethical & Scientific Debate About Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Ever since the embryonic stem cell was first isolated a dozen years ago, stem cell research has been at the mercy of shifting political tides, publ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 015: A Constitutional Debate About Health Care Reform
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Before the end of the year, many Americans will start to experience the initial portions of the Health Care Reform Bill, signed into law in March b...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Recovery Room 014: Learning How To Die - Hospice & Palliative Care
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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If you’re diagnosed with a fatal, incurable disease, does that mean that you’re dying? In today’s medicine, the answer isn’t clear. Not to patients...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Recovery Room 013: All The News That's Flawed To Print - The Good, The Bad and The Future of Health Journalism
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Is health news … bad for your health? According to Health News Review dot org, 70% of health reporting fails to meet basic journalistic standards. ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 012: Orphan Drugs for Rare Diseases
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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On today's show, the Food and Drug Administration joins patient groups in the fight against rare diseases, and host Dr. Rick Greene's conversation ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:58
The Recovery Room 001: Physician Shortage (Re-Broadcast)
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Health care reform offers the promise of primary care to millions of uninsured Americans. The problem? There's already a critical shortage of prima...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:58
The Recovery Room 011: Cesareans, Foreign Medical Grads
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Cesarean rates have been on the rise in the US for years. Over 30% of American births are currently done by c-section. And it’s a number that isn’t...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 010: Hospital Delirium, Medical Tourism
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Delirium affects millions of elderly hospital patients every year, but it’s only recently being treated with the seriousness it deserves. On today’...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 009: The Robot Will See You Now - Surgical Robotics, Colorectal Cancer Screening & Treatment
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Despite some very public efforts to educate the public about the importance of screening for colon cancer, the percentage of Americans who get scre...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:58
The Recovery Room 008: New Drugs, New Docs - Targeted Cancer Treatments, Hospitalists
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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On today's show, a new generation of cancer drugs that offer the promise of more personalized medicine. And later in the show: Hospitalists. A new ...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 007 Discouraged, But Still Hopeful: The War Against Alzheimer's
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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There is perhaps no disease that better illustrates the limits of medicine than Alzheimer's. Decades of research and billions of dollars spent in p...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 006: Playing The Odds - New Drugs, MS, & Prostate Cancer Screening
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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More than we'd like to admit, decisions about medical treatment require a careful weighing of benefit and risk. Surgery, medication, screening: all...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 005: Obama, Obesity and Hospital Visitation Discrimination
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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A third of kids and nearly half of adults are obese - up 50% in three decades. But the nation seems as poised as ever to tackle problem, with Miche...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 004: Physician-Industry Relations - A Debate on Conflict of Interest
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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In 2008, pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers spent more than 2 billion dollars marketing their products to the medical community. Bu...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 003: Patient Safety, Patient Responsibility
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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10 years ago, the medical community was shocked when an Institutes of Medicine report estimated that 44,000 - and maybe as high as 98,000 - patient...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 002: Alternative Medicine Gets Integrated
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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The number of physicians who support the integration of alternative and conventional medicine is still small, but it’s growing. Part of the problem...

  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
The Recovery Room 001: Physician Shortage
Series: The Recovery Room
From WDAV Classical Public Radio
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Health care reform offers the promise of primary care to millions of uninsured Americans. The problem? There's already a critical shortage of prima...

  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00