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Episode Detail: Does Doctor Know Best? - Ethics in America

A hypothetical case in which an obstetrician's paternalism conflicts with a pregnant cancer patient's autonomy. Panelists include Surgeon General C. Everett Koop; psychiatrist Willard Gaylin; and Drs. Mortimer Rosen and Diane Hegener.

Episodes: Does Doctor Know Best? - Ethics in America - 13 total Episodes

Does Doctor Know Best?
Ethics in America
The Human Experiment
Do unto Others
To Defend a Killer
Truth on Trial
Under Orders, Under Fire
Politics, Privacy and the Press
Under Orders, Under Fire
Under Orders, Under Fire
Public Trust, Private Interests
Anatomy of a Corporate Takeover
Do unto Others
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Premiered: 1989, on PBS
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Premise: Hypothetical ethical dilemmas are debated in this 10-part series, produced by Columbia University Seminars on Media and Society (`The Fred Friendly Seminars'). Panelists include Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, former surgeon general C. Everett Koop, and TV journalists Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace.

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