1999 - 2000 Archive
Program #20
If you knew you had an almost 80% chance of developing breast cancer, would you let doctors remove your breasts to drastically reduce that risk, even before any cancer was detected? That's the very difficult decision facing women who test positive for the gene mutation called BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. That mutation tends to run in families. We meet one remarkable family that is dealing with this genetic legacy, and the imperfect options that science can offer them today.
A women goes in for an operation on her knee and the doctor operates on the wrong leg. Another doctor closes up after surgery, but leaves an instrument inside the patient. Horror stories like these are not common but doctors are human, and they make mistakes. What can you do if you think your doctor has made a medical error? Andre Michael is a medical malpractise lawyer in London, Ontario. Second Opinion But first, behind the crisis in emergency rooms, behind the waiting lists for nursing homes and homecare services, is a nationwide nursing shortage. Barb Wahl is the president of the Ontario Nurses' Association. In her Second Opinion, money alone won't bring them back.
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