Searching for Medicine’s Soul

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Searching for Medicine’s Soul

Hosted by Dr. Aaron Rothstein and featuring expert guests, Searching for Medicine’s Soul explores medicine’s purpose: Why do physicians do what they do? How does the practice of medicine relate to scientific progress and human flourishing? The result is an in-depth analysis of the history and aim of medicine, and its collision with a thrilling and sometimes tragic age of discovery.

  1. 10月10日

    Carl Elliott on Whistleblowers

    In this episode, Aaron is joined by Dr. Carl Elliott, author and philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota. They discuss how medical education can corrupt character, Dr. Elliott’s experience as a whistleblower, and his latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, which explores the history of medical experimentation.

    1 小時

  2. 10月3日

    Charlotte Bismuth on Prosecuting the Opioid Crisis

    On this episode, Aaron is joined by Charlotte Bismuth, author of Killer in a White Coat: The True Story of New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher and the Team That Brought Him to Justice. Bismuth discusses the profit motive behind the opioid crisis and her decision to prosecute Dr. Stan Li, whose criminal medical practice in New York led to 16 overdoses from prescription drugs.

    58 分鐘

  3. 4月25日

    Dasha Kiper on Supporting Dementia Caregivers

    On this episode, Aaron is joined by Dasha Kiper, author of Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain and a clinical trainer at Renewal Memory Partners. Aaron and Dasha discuss the impact dementia has on caregivers. Through cultural pressures, family dynamics, and a lack of support, caregivers have become what Dasha calls “invisible victims.”

    40 分鐘

  4. 3月28日

    Marc-David Munk on Emergency Medicine in Africa

    Episode description: On this episode, Aaron is joined by Dr. Marc-David Munk, author of Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor’s Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa. Dr. Munk discusses his travels to the Middle East and Africa, Christianity’s role as a trusted institution in places where government has failed, and how to bring the focus back to patients in the American healthcare system.

    44 分鐘

  5. 3月14日

    Doron Gothelf on Traumatized Israeli Children After October 7th

    On this episode, Aaron is joined by Doron Gothelf, a professor of child psychiatry at Tel Aviv University and an integral member of the medical team involved in treating Israeli children hostages who have been released. Aaron and Doron discuss childhood trauma, how traumatic events affect the young, and Doron’s work with the victims of Hamas’ violence.

    1 小時 1 分鐘

  6. 1月4日

    Lewis Grossman on Drug Regulation

    On this episode, Aaron is joined by Lewis Grossman, professor of law at American University and author of the book Choose Your Medicine, to discuss the history of drug regulation and medical freedom.

    56 分鐘

  7. 2023/12/14

    Jim O’Connell on Medicine for the Homeless

    On this episode, Aaron talks with Dr. James O’Connell, author of Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor.  Dr. O'Connell discusses his work providing medical care for the homeless in Boston, his experience working as a doctor for the homeless during the AIDS crisis, and the perverse incentives of the medical profession.

    1 小時 10 分鐘

  8. 2023/11/16

    Dr. Samuel Shem on Our Hospital

    In this episode, Aaron is joined by psychiatrist and novelist Samuel Shem, who wrote the satirical novel House of God. Aaron and Samuel discuss Samuel’s latest and final novel in the House of God series, Our Hospital. The book serves as a reflection of the truth of medicine during COVID in which hospitals are driven by profit over humanity.

    33 分鐘
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Hosted by Dr. Aaron Rothstein and featuring expert guests, Searching for Medicine’s Soul explores medicine’s purpose: Why do physicians do what they do? How does the practice of medicine relate to scientific progress and human flourishing? The result is an in-depth analysis of the history and aim of medicine, and its collision with a thrilling and sometimes tragic age of discovery.

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