Respecting Health

Respecting Health


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Coming Face to Face With Bias in Global Health Imagery
February 07, 2024

Esmita CharaniSocietal biases appear just about everywhere, and once you notice them, it is impossible to ignore how they affect our decisions and they way we build our societies. You also realize how normalized they can be. Artificial intelligence trai

Commercial Determinants of Health: A Conversation With Anna Gilmore
October 05, 2023

Anna GilmoreA couple of episodes back, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rob Moodie, who led a project to examine commercial determinants of health in more detail. The result was a three-paper series published in The Lancet. The project produced a mode

Collateral Damage: The Impact of Dementia Caregiving
August 16, 2023

MaryAnne Sterling, CEAIn this episode I discuss the experience of caregiving, especially related to family members with dementia, with MaryAnne Sterling. MaryAnne is a caregiver advocate and subject matter expert in the Alzheimer’s disease communi

Commercial Determinants: Powerful Influence on Society and Health
July 06, 2023

Rob Moodie sees a big issue and solutions that require us to re-examine our values not just as individuals but as organizations with commercial interests. Commerical Determinants of Health (CDoH) have

You Must Resuscitate: How COVID Changed Frank Cutitta
May 04, 2023

So far in the Respecting Health series we’ve talked about societal values and how they affect a culture’s approach to health; we’ve talked about the experiences of physicians and the changes in approaches to (and ability to address) pub

Greed and Health: Don Berwick Has Seen Enough
April 06, 2023

In this episode of Respecting Health, we look at Greed! Have you ever wondered about high prices, or why some countries can provide healthcare for everyone while others cannot? The discussion in this

Culture and Health: A Physician Perspective
March 23, 2023

 Hello all! This is a great episode with Charles Alessi, and we cover a lot of important ground: culture, ethics, the physician and patient experience, information technology, and more. Recall that in the last episode, I spoke with Carlos Torelli a

Individualism, Collectivism, Societal Values, and Health
March 07, 2023

What is the connection between societal values and health? Is there an additional connection to the way we build institutions? How about the way we frame societal goals and solutions? My guest for thi

Consider Values for Better Health: Respecting Health E000
February 13, 2023

Welcome to Respecting Health. Societal values and priorities influence health of both people and the planet. I’m Rod Piechowski, and in this episode I’ll introduce myself and you’ll also hear some excerpts from two upcoming shows. The i