#129 — An Insider’s View of Medicine

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Dr. Nina Shapiro about the practice of medicine. They discuss the unique resiliency of children, the importance of second opinions, bad doctors, how medical training has changed in recent years, medical uncertainty, risk perception, vaccine safety, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast. This is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're
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0:46.9	Today I'm speaking with Dr. Nina Shapiro. Nina is a pediatric otolaryngologist. She's a
0:54.3	pediatric ENT surgeon, and she's also a professor of head and neck surgery at UCLA. She's been featured
1:01.5	in the New York Times, Time, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN. And she's written a new book,
1:08.8	the title of which is hype. A doctor's guide to medical myths, exaggerated claims, and bad
1:14.4	advice, how to tell what's real and what's not. And Nina is just a fantastic doctor. So I wanted
1:21.1	to have her on the podcast to give us an insider's view of medicine. I wanted to know what it's like
1:27.2	to be a patient as a doctor. What should patients know that doctors know? So we spend most of the
1:33.7	hour talking about that, but then we touch on her book a little bit at the end. Anyway,
1:38.2	it was great to talk to Nina, and I hope you find this conversation useful. And now I bring you
1:44.1	Nina Shapiro. I am here with Nina Shapiro. Nina, thanks for coming on the podcast.
1:54.5	Thanks for having me. Great to be here. Unlike many of my guests, you are someone I know personally,
1:59.2	and as a client, you're a fantastic doctor who has written a book that we'll be talking about. But
2:06.4	so I just want to give that context because I kind of test to the quality of your bedside manner
2:11.6	and the quality of your friendship. So I've got a better view of you than most guests.
2:16.9	Before we get into practical questions of health and your book, just remind me and tell our listeners
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