Malpractice Podcast

In our FIRST minisode ever, Jess tells us all the story of Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias, and her long history of assisting women and marginalized communities.

Dr. Rodriguez Trias is first mentioned in Episode #4: Latinx Sterilization.

Resources:
https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_273.html

https://www.nwhn.org/helen-rodriquez-trias-and-eunice-corfman/

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.92.4.566

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In this episode Jess covers sterilization of the Latinx community in the United States. Starting with the most recent allegation in a Georgia detention center, but including the history of this issue in California and Puerto Rico. 

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Documentary Referenced: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/no-mas-bebes/

Reference Links:

• https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/lawmakers-describe-horror-show-after-georgia-detention-center-tour
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-private-georgia-immigration-detention-facility-at-the-center-of-a-whistle-blowers-complaint
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/23/georgia-ice-detention-center-women-allege-abuse
• https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-10-22/women-allege-medical-abuse-georgia-immigration-detention
• https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/race-society/eugenic-sterilization-california-latina/#:~:text=California's%20eugenic%20sterilization%20program%20disproportionately,ethnic%20backgrounds%2C%20new%20research%20finds.&text=In%202014%2C%20North%20Carolina%20began,of%20the%20state's%20eugenics%20program.
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/california-targeted-latinas-forced-sterilization-180968567/
• https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/forced-sterilization/
• https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/health-and-society/dark-history-forced-sterilization-latina-women
• https://www.cwluherstory.org/health/35-of-puerto-rican-women-sterilized

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In this week's episode, Sydnee talks about the history behind the current Opioid Crisis, the drugs that caused it, and the company responsible (NOW WITH IMPROVED AUDIO)! 

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Reference Links:
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/04/784893896/americas-opioid-epidemic
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/31/a-town-of-3200-was-flooded-with-21-million-pain-pills-as-addiction-crisis-worsened-lawmakers-say/
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/opioids/prescribed.html
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/opioids/prescribed.html
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prescription-drug-abuse/in-depth/how-opioid-addiction-occurs/art-20360372
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105018/
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-opioid-addiction-crisis-and-racism-a-long-troubled-history
https://www.history.com/topics/crime/history-of-heroin-morphine-and-opiates
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-americas-19th-century-opiate-addiction-180967673/
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/health/opioid-addiction-history/index.html

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In our second episode (NOW WITH IMPROVED AUDIO), Jess covers the stories of several victims of fertility fraud (aka medical rape) by fertility specialist doctors, including a shocking example from our hometown.

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Sources for this episode:
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/texas-fertility-doctor-inseminated-patient-sperm-part-62813786

https://kiddiemom.com/i-asked-for-a-sperm-donor-instead-my-doctor-got-me-pregnant/

https://www.facebook.com/refinery29/videos/i-was-conceived-through-fertility-fraud/3650001855029620/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnhfmYBytk

https://www.misskyra.com/lifestyle/many-doctors-used-their-own-sperm-in-artificial-insemination-procedures/articleshow/70784654.cms

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/07/03/fighting-fertility-fraud-new-state-laws-go-after-misuse-of-sperm#:~:text=The%20Texas%20law%2C%20which%20defines,It%20will%20take%20effect%20Sept.

https://abovethelaw.com/2020/02/the-u-s-is-experiencing-an-explosion-of-fertility-fraud-legislation-and-thats-a-good-thing/

https://www.volusonclub.net/empowered-womens-health/how-patients-are-fighting-to-change-fertility-fraud-laws/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/health/sperm-donors-fraud-doctors.html

https://www.advisory.com/en/daily-briefing/2019/08/26/fertility-fraud

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3277768

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In this episode (WITH NEW AND IMPROVED AUDIO), Sydnee covers the disturbing history of Dr. Walter Freeman and lobotomy, the psychiatric surgery deceptively billed as a cure-all. Her coverage includes the story of Howard Dully, the youngest person to ever receive a lobotomy in the U.S. and details about how lobotomies and other head-based surgeries have been used throughout history! (Disclaimer: This episode includes some descriptions of medical procedures that some may find disturbing.)

Send in your topic request, story ideas, or questions to our gmail or DM us on our social media! If you haven't already, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, Stitcher, or wherever you like to listen. 

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey

https://howarddully.com

American Lobotomy, by author and historian Jenell Johnson

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/burr-holes#:~:text=Burr%20holes%20are%20small%20holes,and%20help%20protect%20the%20brain. 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/south-america-s-inca-civilization-was-better-skull-surgery-civil-war-doctors

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2001/02/04/the-lobotomist/630196c4-0f70-4427-832a-ce04959a6dc8/ 

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Welcome to Malpractice Podcast! 

We're Sydnee & Jess, and if you're looking for a podcast about medical true crime, the history of healthcare, and dope science - all with a dose of humor, you've come to the right place. 

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