Playing Doctor

Studio 360 | May 15, 2012

Television drama has created the impression of an ideal world where decisions in hospitals are made quickly and cost is never an issue. It directly affects our expectations for treatment, according to Billy Goldberg, an emergency-room physician, and Joseph Turow, the author of Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling and Medical Power. 

(Originally aired: December 10, 2010)


 

 

 

 

 

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