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270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis

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Pain Management - What's Next?

pain management was really emerging as a recognizable and legitimate area of medical practice and care in theni sixties, early 19 seventies. One of the economic trends since the 19 eighties is to sort of see drugs as the cheapest and fastest solution to our problem. This coincided with a big shift in how drugs are marketed to the public. Anupam gena: Once you've put the power in the hands of the patient, it can be hard to reclaim it.

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