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What's Health Got to Do with It?

Life-saving transplants; unlearning silence in health care

Medical professionals perform a kidney transplant at Houston Methodist Hospital on March 1, 2022.
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Medical professionals perform a kidney transplant at Houston Methodist Hospital on March 1, 2022.

On this week’s episode, in honor of National Donate Life Month, Dr. Joe Sirven examines the transformative effect of organ donation and transplantation. Dr. Shennen Mao, a transplant surgeon and the general surgery residency director at Mayo Clinic in Florida, discusses the current state of organ procurement, the need for living donors and the future of transplant surgery.

Then, author and corporate mediator Elaine Lin Hering discusses her book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. She describes a culture that incentivizes silence in health care, cites ways to overcome communication barriers, and describes the relationship between effective communication and living a full life.

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Stacey Bennett is the producer of "First Coast Connect" and "What's Health Got to Do With It?" She is a Jacksonville-based singer-songwriter who performs under the nom de plume Folk is People. Stacey holds bachelor's degrees in both political science and psychology from the University of North Florida and a master's in business administration from Saint Leo University.