White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio

About the podcast White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio

CBC Radio's Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies.

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2021
Rabia's Family
Rabia Khedr is the national director of Disability Without Poverty and has a big personal stake in the upcoming federal election. Rabia and her sister are visually impaired. One brother with an intellectual disability lives in long-term care. Her other brother died of complications following surgery during the pandemic. With more than six million people living with disabilities in this country, Rabia is working to get the next government to listen to their needs, and says implementing the National Disability Benefit is a first step, no matter which party takes the reins.
September 17, 2021
27 min
Knife's edge
Dr. Brian Goldman visits a rural hospital in Clinton, Ontario that’s been dealing with a nurse shortage for a decade: a shortfall so acute it forced the hospital to close the ER on the Sunday of a busy holiday weekend.
September 10, 2021
27 min
Long-COVID Kids
Long COVID in kids: researchers aren’t certain what causes it and aren’t certain about the numbers. They’re not even sure how to define it. Dr. Brian Goldman meets 11-year-old Alyssa Smyth who has long COVID and talks to Dr. Anu Wadhwa, an infectious disease specialist at SickKids Hospital in Toronto.
September 3, 2021
27 min
Paramedics providing palliative care
Dr. Brian Goldman travels to Renfrew County north of Ottawa to ride along with community paramedic, Matt Rousselle who provides end-of-life care to patients living in rural and isolated homes.
August 27, 2021
27 min
What history tells us about life after COVID-19
To predict the future, some people look into crystal balls. And some peer into the past. Dr. Nicholas Christakis is a physician and medical sociologist who is a student of pandemics. His latest book is Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live. This week on White Coat Black Art, he talks to Dr. Brian Goldman about how we get past COVID-19 by looking at how we emerged from previous pandemics. He says in the past, outbreaks have led to austerity and a turn to religion, but when we finally do emerge from COVID-19, he says our behaviour will mirror the "roaring 20s" that followed the 1918 pandemic. But he also predicts new challenges, which include coping with a large cohort of people who are newly disabled because of having had COVID-19, and a shift in the workforce that could have long-term impacts on women in particular. Buckle up. We're going back to the post-covid future, this week on White Coat, Black Art.
August 20, 2021
27 min
Heat deaths
Late last month, BC's heat dome brought record temperatures and caused more deaths in seniors and other vulnerable people than the BC Coroner has (so far) been able to tally. Dr. Brian Goldman talks to Barbara Reed, who took care of a sick and frail family member in the sweltering heat, waiting hours for an ambulance to show up. Jennifer Baumbusch, associate professor at UBC’s School of Nursing and caregiver to family members, talks about the mistakes that were made protecting the most vulnerable members of society, and how unprepared we are for the realities of climate change.
July 23, 2021
27 min
From victim to advocate
From 1953 to 1966, Christopher Guest lived at the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia, an institution for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. For the most part, places like Huronia may be gone, but their legacy remains: not just in the memories of the patients who lived there, but in the ways health-care continues to treat adults with developmental disabilities.
July 16, 2021
27 min
Dietary aide Iain White: unsung hero of the pandemic
Dr. Brian Goldman celebrates dietary aide Iain White as an unsung hero of the pandemic. During the lockdowns, elderly LTC residents faced loneliness and isolation. Iain stepped up to fill the gap by taking extra time to talk to residents and feed them their meals.
July 9, 2021
27 min

About the podcast White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio

CBC Radio's Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies.

White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio

About the podcast White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio

Categories

Rabia's Family

Knife's edge

Long-COVID Kids

Paramedics providing palliative care

What history tells us about life after COVID-19

Heat deaths

From victim to advocate

Dietary aide Iain White: unsung hero of the pandemic

About the podcast White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio

Categories