White Coat, Black Art

CBC 566 - When Canadians go abroad for surgery, who should pay?

Trusted ER doctor Brian Goldman brings you honest and surprising stories that can change your health and your life. Expect deep conversations with patients, families and colleagues that show you what is and isn't working in Canadian healthcare. Guaranteed you’ll learn something new. Episodes drop every Friday.

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White Coat, Black Art

Episodes

When Canadians go abroad for surgery, who should pay?

She's a doctor with MS. Why is that a problem?

Why U.S. nurses are moving north

Becoming the doctor her community needs

She left family practice. Now she’s teaching doctors to avoid burnout.

How a chef and a surgeon are reinventing hospital meals

AI conversations gone too far

The roadside ER doctor

A new knee for $30k

Surviving a stroke at 24

Introducing IDEAS | How Canada forgot it once had a segregated health system

The Netherlands’ primary care is better – here’s how

Grief built this treatment centre

How post-traumatic stress led one paramedic to a new mission

Fighting for better births

Fear of racism deters many Indigenous people from seeking medical treatment, says health-care leader

Cultural Safety: Making healthcare safe for Indigenous patients

Condoms and wastewater testing: How public health is handling FIFA World Cup

A camel, a fractured pelvis, and a travel insurance lesson

The power of an exercise prescription

Inside the Halifax hospital scanning for weapons

The permanent birth control surgery that may lower ovarian cancer risk

Colorectal cancer's surprising Canadian hero

The rare disease treatment gap

The nurse practitioners who saved a clinic

Terry O'Reilly rates hospital ads

"We're number 2!" Why a Canadian hospital is boasting

How Germany gets hip, knee surgeries done faster than Canada

ENCORE: Saving elderly patients from the hazards of the ER

Psilocybin is changing minds. Will it soon change the law?

Pistol Pete's psilocybin trip

Psilocybin and accepting death

The demand for Canadian surrogates

Lung cancer isn’t just for smokers

Unmasking AuDHD

He was approved for MAID — but died waiting in a Catholic hospital

ENCORE: Primary care for all: Lessons from Denmark

The young stroke survivor that health care forgot

The rise of paid menopause care

'The canary is dead': Frontline staff on Alberta's ER crisis

The MD with over 2,000 patients, but no permanent residency

The real truth about burnout

ENCORE: The true science behind living longer

The lowdown on in-flight emergencies

Why an ER doctor spoke up — and sued

Desperate measures: Behind Quebec’s unprecedented healthcare reforms

Testicles outrank ovaries—and other reasons women wait so long for gynecologic surgery

The air rescue team reinventing first responder support

This Vancouver hospital is transforming addiction treatment

ENCORE: Virtual doctors for real ERs