Healthy Medicine #165: When Doctors Don't Listen

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Leana Wen about how to talk with physicians for better outcomes. Leana Wen MD is an emergency physician at Brigham & Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital, clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School, and a former Rhodes Scholar. Inspired by her own childhood illness and then her mother's long battle with cancer, Dr. Wen is passionate about guiding patients to advocate for better care. She has been featured in TIME, Newsweek, ABC News, NPR, CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post, Teen Vogue, and the award-winning HBO documentary Reporter. Dr. Wen speaks regularly across the U.S. and in Europe, Asia, and Africa on simple yet effective ways for patients to take control of their health and her new book: When Doctors Donít Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests. Read more at drleanawen.com If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

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Healthy Medicine #165: When Doctors Don't Listen is an episode from Healthy Medicine Radio by Dr. Robert Zieve.

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This episode was published on Feb 16, 2014.

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