A Medical Miscellany

By: Sean Aita and Peter Kaye
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  • Join Dr Peter Kaye and Sean Aita for a light-hearted, occasionally gory, and hopefully fascinating trawl through medical history. Peter’s wide career in medicine has taken him to Saint Lucia, Mysore, the US and New Zealand. He has been working in palliative care for over 30 years having started in his profession alongside the founder of the hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders, at St. Christopher’s Hospice. As well as being Medical Director at a number of different hospice’s, Peter has written successful books on symptom control and on breaking bad news and has delivered lectures and workshops on those subjects as well as on team working, family support, spiritual care and communication skills.

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Episodes
  • The Bogus Doctor

    The Bogus Doctor
    Feb 8 2023
    In this episode we uncover a bogus orthopedic surgeon and try to decide exactly what a doctor is! Please note the ‘beeps’ in this episode are to ensure that we maintain confidentiality by removing names.

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    15 mins
  • Patients and Surgeons

    Patients and Surgeons
    Feb 8 2023
    In episode two we find out what a patient is, and wince at the story of the man who removed his own kidney stone.

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    16 mins
  • Resurrectionists, Anatomy and the Body

    Resurrectionists, Anatomy and the Body
    Feb 8 2023
    Beware of discussions on human dissection!! This episode explores how surgeons got hold of bodies to learn about anatomy.

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    16 mins

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