The Trust Diagnosis

About this episode

The episode explores the decision-making process of a man with advanced prostate cancer as he navigates conflicting medical opinions and learns to place his trust in one doctor.

The episode centers on the dilemma of a man with an advanced, metastatic case of prostate cancer. His name is Dan. Every doctor he spoke to had a different opinion on what he should do — or whether it was even worth doing anything at all. His question was: which of these many opinions should I trust? The episode centers on which doctor he ended up committing to, how he made that decision of where to place his trust, and how his choice probably saved his life. What Dan will explain — and he is someone who has spent his life as a crisis communications specialist — is that trust only comes at the end of a careful and intentional process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Dan

Topics covered

• trust
• healthcare
• decision making
• cancer
• crisis communications

Keywords

• prostate cancer
• medical opinions
• trust
• decision making
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pushkin Industries

Books & works: The Trust Diagnosis

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