Ep 72: When is less medicine better medicine? Discussion of "slow medicine", with Dr Michael Hochman (Dr Jessica's husband)

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Episode 72 with returning guest Dr Michael Hochman---Dr Jessica Hochman's husband.  In this episode they talk about the principle of "slow medicine", ie when less medical care may be better for patient.  We all agree that medical care is a good thing---but in what situations might less care actually be better care?  How do doctors make this determination?  

Dr Michael Hochman is a practicing internal medicine physician. He attended Princeton Undergraduate, Harvard Medical School and received his masters in Public Health from UCLA.  For many years he wrote a blog called "slow medicine" and he had a podcast titled "healthy skeptic MD"---centered around the theme that in many situations, less medicine may be better medicine. Passionate about evidence based medicine, he is also the creator of a book series "50 studies every doctor should know".  

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