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Ep38: Making a Connection
Episode 38
An empathic connection and good communication between physician and patient can promote better outcomes. In this episode of Pomegranate Health, U.S. …
8 years, 2 months ago
Ep37: Ethical Dilemmas—Congress 2018
Episode 37
As medicine becomes more sophisticated, discussions about clinical ethics become more common. It is now possible to support life in dire clinical cir…
8 years, 3 months ago
Ep36: Acute Coronary Syndrome Part 2—Secondary Prevention
Episode 36
This is the second of two episodes about acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In part one, the discussion focused on diagnostic workup of acute coronary ev…
8 years, 4 months ago
Ep35: Acute Coronary Syndrome Part 1—Diagnosis
Episode 35
Chest pain and other symptoms suggestive of ACS make up the majority of presentations to hospital. 11 to 17 per cent of patients presenting to ED wit…
8 years, 4 months ago
Ep34: Diagnostic Error Part 2—Systems
Episode 34
In Episode 32 we discussed cognitive error in diagnostic reasoning. On this episode, we take a look at systems pressures that increase the likelihoo…
8 years, 6 months ago
Ep33: Early Days for Cannabis Therapy
Episode 33
Cannabis is a plant rich with potential therapeutic compounds and centuries of cultural resonance. At this moment in Australia, media accounts are fu…
8 years, 8 months ago
Ep32: Diagnostic Error Part 1—Cognitive Bias
Episode 32
Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis occurs in 10-15 per cent of acute presentations, although fortunately only a tenth of these lead to serious consequ…
8 years, 9 months ago
Ep31: Ngā Kaitiaki Hauora
Episode 31
'Ngā Kaitiaki Hauora' translates as 'guardians of health'. This podcast emerged from a meeting near Auckland organised by the RACP's Māori Health Com…
8 years, 10 months ago
Ep30: Being Human
Episode 30
The World Medical Association has just updated the Physician's Oath in the Declaration of Geneva to include the clause, 'I will attend my own health,…
8 years, 11 months ago
Ep29: Drug Interactions and Deprescribing
Episode 29
Adverse drug events cause about five per cent of admissions to a public hospital, although some studies suggest the figure could be as high as 15 per…
9 years ago