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Every Patient's Advocate

WHAT'S UP AT UPSTATE

November 22nd's Show...

Upstate Bioethicist Gregory Eastwood MD and Crouse Neonatologist Tom Curran MD consider the ethical implications of in vitro fertiization Americn-style in this month's edition of Difficult Decisions in Health Care: "When Babies Pay the Penalty for Advanced Technology".

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: The powerful legacy of a parent's decision to stop smoking; and Surgeon Kara Kort MD considers her patients' stories as she responds to the latest change in mammography guidelines.

Coming up on November 29th's Show:

Dr. Deirdre Neilen shares excerpts from entries published in Upstate's The Healing Muse, an annual, juried compilation of essays, short stories, poems and paintings. Entries are submitted by people and patients from throughout the country and speak to compelling personal experiences related to health, caring, living and dying.