The Cost Of Assuming Your Doctor Knows Best

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( Sunday, November 19, 2017 [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( [The Cost Of Assuming Your Doctor Knows Best]( I missed the cancer cells on my 42-year-old patient, causing her diagnosis to be delayed, writes Dr. Vinita Parkash. My patient eventually died of her cancer. [More Disturbing Than The Roy Moore Allegations? Reaction To Them]( The most upsetting information is not Moore's alleged behavior, writes Rich Barlow, but the collapsing values in public life. [What All Men Must Do Next]( We need to ask ourselves, writes Steven Wineman. Have there been times when I have violated someone's boundaries, even unintentionally? Times when I have been aware of another man's misbehavior... [Can You Imagine Spending 23 Hours A Day In A Cell The Size Of A Parking Space?]( The overuse of solitary confinement is a terrible problem with a common-sense solution, writes Bonita Tenneriello. [The Last Safe Space For Sexual Predators In America]( Republicans created a new permission structure when they stood by an avowed sexual predator, Donald Trump. So it's no surprise, writes Steve Almond, that many have defended Roy Moore. [We Expect More From Our Leaders When They Communicate - But Why?]( When speakers abandon the conventions of clear communication: after awhile, it becomes just noise, writes Amy Carleton. [All The President's Judges]( This week on Freak Out And Carry On, Ron and Heather talk with Alicia Bannon, from the Brennan Center for Justice. They discuss President Trump's controversial judicial nominees and the history of the Federalist Society, and suggest reforms to the American courts system. [Republicans Are Wasting Their Time And Ours]( The GOP continues to beat dead proposals, writes Susan E. Reed, while projecting a 1950s ideal onto the 21st century. [The Week That Was: Alabama Awful, Cambridge Corruption And 'Donuts' Are Done]( It was the week when the Republican establishment discovered that there is someone even more problematic than Donald Trump: Roy Moore. [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward this email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by wburtoday@wbur.org in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](