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Bias and the Sometimes Dubious History of Modern Medicine
Listen to the following two podcasts which both describe some aspects of our medical system run afoul. Incorporate findings from your weekly readings, the podcasts, and other materials to help support your post using APA citation.
Remembering Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey: The Mothers of Modern Gynecology
The first podcast by NPR's Hidden Brain explores some of the benefits of modern medicine we now have at the expense of the women who were originally practiced on.
Source: NPR. (2017).
Transcript link.
Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis
The second podcast from Freakonomics explores what happens when people are incorrectly diagnosed and some of the reasons why misdiagnoses happen. Visit the Freakonomics PodcastLinks to an external site. and visit the episode Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by DiagnosisLinks to an external site. to listen. (To read instead, click the accessible transcript linkLinks to an external site..)
After listening to the podcasts, please answer and discuss the following questions with your peers:
1. Identify one of the problems discussed in either podcast. Specifically, address how the problem negatively impacted research and what ethical issues were brought to light related to your problem of interest.
2. What do you think needs to be done to change or improve some of the problems in the medical field highlighted by these podcasts? How can improvements in research be part of the solution?
3. What is one thing/fact that surprised or maybe even shocked you from this podcast?