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Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)

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The Hidden Side of Everything

America is a world leader in the consumption of painkillers. How did medicine get taken over by consumerism? Doctors cope with their job by giving an angry patient what they want, not what they need. What's the number one problem in healthcare? We don't measure performance.

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