Doctoring the Evidence
Rupert Goodwins reflects on the medical experience of losing his sight.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
December 18, 201314m 19s
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Show Notes
The experience of being a patient in modern medicine is little discussed by doctors and often badly handled by the media. Through months of investigation as the medics tried to find the why behind the what, Rupert Goodwins finds much has changed in what it means to be a patient, and old assumptions are not a good guide for what will happen next.