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089: The Deserved Death of “Doctor Knows Best”

14m · Uncommon Sense: the This is True Podcast · 15 Feb 14:00

“Doctor knows best,” the saying went. While delivered as reassurance, its real meaning was much more sinister, as I’ll explain. This is the story of the final nail in that idiom’s coffin because really, it was a lie all along. The crazy thing is, that didn’t happen all that long ago. Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/podcast89

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