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The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry

The Numberphile Podcast

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Is There an Answer?

If you were put in charge of the national health service to morrow, is there an answer? Is there something you would change on day one to deal with this problem? Yes, yesyes. So i think in in that room with the orchid, when you get diagnosed, you get a nurse who sits with you, and you can ask her anything you like,. There's no pressure on time. And that's a really helpful thing, because it just gives you the breathing room to think things through properly. When it comes to making treatment decisions, actually, it's almost the opposite. You have 15 minutes with your surgeon at the beginning. They say, this is what we think

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